In October 2017, Amel Bent sat down in one of the famous red armchairs from The Voice Kids. The one who made herself known thanks to her participation in La Nouvelle Star several years ago, “donned” in fact the coach costume to judge the talent of children in the tele-hook of TF1. An experience that marked her and of which she has fond memories before taking the next step a few years later, by becoming a coach for the adult version.
However, it was not without obstacles that she was able to earn her place as a member of the jury and be accepted. Indeed, at its beginnings, the interpreter of “My Philosophy” had to face many racist remarks on behalf of certain Net surfers… Attacks which it had already evoked a few days ago at the microphone of Éric Jean-Jean in the program Without Filter on W9. The artist evoking in particular the criticisms that she suffers on a daily basis: “Sometimes it’s insults, these are laws that we don’t understand very well. There is racism and it is all over the place. I grew up at 4000 – Cité de La Courneuve – on the contrary, that’s what perhaps vaccinated me against all forms of xenophobia and racism. This mutual aid is my reality, that’s how I grew up ”.
But this Monday, December 6, it is in front of Manu Katché that she returned to this problem which has polluted our society for too many years. In La Face Katché, from Yahoo France, she explained, for example, that her Moroccan origins would have posed a lot of problems for some viewers of the program: “ When I sit in the chair of The Voice and see the Saturday night comments on Twitter, I say to myself: ‘we still have a way to go. Not everyone is ready to have a Rebeu in the chair. “
If Amel Bent did not list all the racist remarks she had received, she still noted one of the most virulent as pointed out by our colleagues at Gala. In particular a “going to do The Voice in Algiers”, received by the coach …
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