How did the Black Lives Matter Movement shape your last year, Mathilde?

Mathilde Bergeron (22) is living in the United States, in
Louisiana. Mathilde studies her Master’s in Spanish, thanks to one
thoughtful professor, an assistantship at the university and a
scholarship. Without this help, Mathilde would not be studying in
this pandemic. How is Mathilde experiencing this global crisis in
the U.S.? How has the Black Lives Matter  movement influenced
her view on the world? Welcome to the podcast project “red
telephone”, a title in some ironic-reminiscence to the hotline
between Moscow and Washington during the cold war. A format, where
I call people around the globe that I have met abroad. With some I
have studied, others joined me spontaneously for a few days during
traveling, with others I just had a chit-chat for a few minutes in
a hostel somewhere in the world. Nevertheless, each of them has an
individual, personal story to tell about this last pandemic year.
This project wants to give each of them a voice. And as we can’t
travel in real life, why not travel via phone calls? This is the
podcast red telephone and I am Valérie Nowak, a freelance
journalist and honoured to be your host. Grab yourself a tee, relax
and sit down with us for a chat.