What does it mean to be white? Beyond just a skin colour, is it also a way of thinking? If so, how did it come about, and why?
Lilian Thuram, born in Guadeloupe in 1972, had a prestigious international career in football for the French national team - World champion in 1998, European champion in 2000, World Cup finalist in 2006 - and played for elite European clubs such as Juventus and Barcelona. In 2008, he created the Lilian Thuram Foundation to educate against racism, and he has become a high-profile activist himself. He is the author of various non-fiction books.