This public panel, moderated by Tarani Merriweather and featuring discussants Jacqueline Ngo Mpii, Yanique Francis, and Maya Dorsey, will explore questions related to how Black expats define their racial identity in France. What impact can language and vocabulary have on an individual’s sense of identity and belonging? How does this differ when they relocate or become expats? How are they perceived in their new communities, and by locals? What are the commonalities among Black French and Black Americans in reclaiming language and identity and in seeking inclusion, equity, and justice? In a country where acknowledging race is taboo, but gender issues are openly debated, how do Black women acknowledge the intersections of these two salient identities?