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Title: French Ghettos, Police Violence and Racism Post by: Ayinde on November 12, 2005, 11:14:45 AM The French called them Les cités. The 'ghettos' are specially built for excluded and disfranchised migrants from France’s former North African colonies - mostly Arabs and Muslims - and other parts of the world. Clustered on the peripheries of France's big cities, Les cités proved to be laboratories for dissent and resistance against oppression. The children of the immigrants who built France after World War II are being pushed further outside the French society.
Full Article ... (http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19913.shtml) http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19913.shtml The Fire This Time Enraged French-Africans and French-Arabs took to the streets. For decades anger simmered as they endured poverty, unemployment, racial discrimination, poor education, housing and above all, police brutality. Just as it was during the colonial days in Africa and the apartheid regime in South Africa, the Africans are now being portrayed by the media and French authorities as uncivilized and "barbaric." The Associated Press, the leading newswire called the uprising a "savage assault" on the French people. Full Article ... (http://www.blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=1769&sid=674ec42ae0432777deb3b1e2ac95a131) http://www.blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=1769&sid=674ec42ae0432777deb3b1e2ac95a131 |