French MP Laetitia Avia is trending on Twitter in France after sharing details of a racist letter which has highlighted enduring racial tensions in the country.

Ms Avia, whose parents are from Togo in western Africa, condemned the letter while using a hashtag translating to ‘Don’t let anything pass.’

Interior Minister Gerard Collomb and Gender Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa both denounced the`letter which was labelled a “heinous racist attack.”