ricardo diallo is a french activist feminist filmmaker and writer a long time anti racism campaigner she has found herself at the center of a debate about racism and free speech in france last year she was forced to step down from the government's digital council an incident that only served to reinforce hope belief that france has a problem with state sponsored racism today on talk to al-jazeera we discuss the social issues she's fighting to push toward france's agenda and whether she's hopeful the country can bring its people together. a cardiology thank you for talking to al-jazeera now first i want to start off with the fact that you were one of the two people appointed to this french digital council it is a committee that advises the government on digital affairs but you are asked to step down why. the government was asked by people who disagree with my views to evict me from. from the council. and i was not even asked by the government to step brother government issued a statement to say that he asked the head of the deterrence here to make me go away from it the fact that i wa