Sociologist Fabien Truong tells the France 24 Debate that the #JeSuisCharlie slogan isn’t always perceived as a cry for free speech. On the opening day of the trial in Paris of 14 suspected accomplices to the attackers at the satirical newspaper #CharlieHebdo and the #HyperCacher kosher supermarket, Truong talks of how ‘I am Charlie’ is sometimes perceived in the working class suburbs.
“Saying ‘Je suis Charlie’ shouldn’t be a conversation closer about religion.”
