Last updated on 12 May 2026
We and others, from prejudice to racism. This is the title of a major exhibition organised in Paris by the Musée de l’homme under the patronage of UNESCO. The Musée de l’homme can only be congratulated on this citizens’ initiative in these turbulent times. I can only recommend this exhibition.
An exhibition on racist behaviors and prejudices that offers a particularly successful scenography and well suited for students from middle school to senior. The Museum of Man offers rich and documented work to raise awareness of discrimination in our country. The exhibition sheds scientific light on racist behaviour and prejudice. It is based on numerous studies carried out by the researchers in science of man.
"We and the Others" attempts to decipher and deconstruct the mechanisms of rejection of others and racism that come to poison societies at certain points in their history.
For this purpose, the Musée de l’Homme uses a scenography and a route adapted to all audiences, with moments when visitors are called upon to immerse themselves in concrete situations, such as an airport boarding room, to enable them to become aware of the discrimination that crosses our society today.
The exhibition is made up of three parts: Me and the Others or how identity is developed, Race and history and finally an overview of racism today.
On the sidelines of the exhibition, and to mark the event, the Museum of the Man Out Chroma a beautiful application to install on your smartphone or tablet. You can become the ambassador of the exhibition by sharing … your skin colour. The Chroma application captures its skin tone. Thousands of people thus become ‘the colours of the exhibition’. It's a great idea. Joining up with a friend, colleague, classmate or stranger, taking photos of faces and the app Chroma will detect both skin colours and apply them automatically to the exhibition posters.
We can visit the exhibition at the museum human rights in Paris until 8 January 2018. Free and guided tours are offered to school groups at reasonable rates. Workshops are also offered. On the other hand, we regret the few educational resources offered online for those who cannot come to Paris and a site that is generally limited to a catalog function or a simple showcase. Too bad there is no more to see remotely and transmit.
But these few regrets do not take anything away from the merits of the Museum of the Man to do pedagogical work on a theme that is still very topical.
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