Hi and thank you very much !
I can tell you what happened to me just the other day, which was on the way back home from the library, Police decided I can't use the usual route to go home, I said why and it can't be as I'm tired and really late on my work, they insisted, didn't give an answer and shouted at me, hit me in the arm twice with a metal stick called me a monkey and said move away while all 3 of the policemen had their fingers ready to press on their pepper sprays' triggers just in case I decided enough was enough, still though I held my calm, true story, wish I was lying.
Racism is prevalent in the french society, I've been called a by olds and youngs, even called a rat once by a teacher, I always fought back thought, but as usual it hurt me more than the so called "victims of my violence" because in the end, I am the one who gets expelled and end up with a criminal record for being a "violent person".