White dog (chien blanc in French)
White Dog
Romain Gary reveals part of his American life with actress Jean Seberg and their pets, including Batka, a German shepherd, “white dog” who dislikes black humans in this novel published in 1972. This dog who is afraid of colored people will be sent to a boarding school for further treatment. The dog is a mirror of the human soul: one does not become racist when one is a dog, one becomes one, by training: “where there is hatred, there is no education”. The author provides reflections on the condition of oppressed people in our societies.
