The young fifth formers at the Lycée Charles Péguy in the 11th arrondissement of Paris are young'uns who are not backward in coming forward!

    During these 3 days, they reflected on the differences that can divide or influence our relationships with each other.

How is our identity built up, which groups do we belong to?

Some of them claimed they were “scum” or “black and proud to be black”, but how would people view us if we were to wear a T-shirt: “proud to be white”? or “proud to be straight”?

    It's not always easy to be able to recognise the flip side of ready-made images which lead us along the path of intolerance. We have to accept others as they are, but also have the courage to “stray from the herd” sometimes and reject all forms of discrimination. Not to mention that the differences also come out of social inequality, which it is important to combat.

    As of the first evening, the meeting with the other groups of young Italians, Germans and Swedes in the house allowed them to compare the stereotypes that we have of certain countries with “real life specimens”.

    The visit to the Struthof concentration camp was included in their programme. Down there, they sang a song of resistance to the Nazis that their teacher taught them, a kind of homage, in order not to stand idly by in the face of unnameable horror.