The sociological study of inequalities in higher education has been mainly developed from traditional categories such as "social class." The analysis of higher education from an "ethno-racial" standpoint has been emerging as much in France as in Colombia. For that reason, the purpose of this thesis is to research racial discrimination and racism in higher education in order to identify how they influence the re-production of educational and social inequalities that affect racialized minorities in both countries.This is a qualitative sociological research, with a comparative approach between two contrasting societies like France and Colombia, from the analysis of the experience of black college students, men and women, in Paris and Bogota. It aims to identify the processes of systemic discrimination students must face, how everyday racism manifests in French and Colombian universities, how interviewed students live and cope with the experiences of racial discrimination, how these experiences impact their educational and social trajectories, and what similarities or differences can be identified between France and Colombia
