Strauss-Kahn's Womanizing: Why France Was Silent About It

Strauss-Kahn's Womanizing: Why France Was Silent About It - TIME: "If I try transposing the situation in New York on Sunday to France, I just can't do it,' says Diallo. 'Not only because the woman is black and apparently an immigrant. But also because she's a housekeeper. Perhaps even more than her race, her station in society would probably prevent authorities [in France] from taking her accusations against a rich and powerful man seriously. Racism is on the rise here again, but class discrimination has never gone away.'"

How will France try to take the moral high ground from the US on this issue?