Originally Posted By SCOTTYP PS "ANGRY YOUTHS" IS A CODE WORD FOR "NORTH AFRICAN YOUTH". BY "ETHNIC" THEY MEAN "NORTH AFRICAN MUSLIMS". I HATE THE WORD "ETHNIC", IT IS A PSEUDO-RACIST COP-OUT WORD. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN WORD TO REFER TO CERTAIN CULTURAL GROUPS, SO PEOPLE WON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING OR NOT BE OFFENDED. TYPICAL IN THE LIBERAL MEDIA, WHICH IS AFRAID OF OFFENDING ANYBODY OR ACCURATELY REFLECTING THE ISSUES AT HAND. FOR INSTANCE, THE ARTICLE SHOULD READ: MARGINALIZED NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS WHO CAN'T INTEGRATE INTO FRENCH SOCIETY, DESPITE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A TOLERANT STANCE TOWARD IMMIGRATION IN THE PAST, ARE BURNING THE SHIT OUT OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO. THE "ACCOMMODATION" DEBATES IN QUEBEC ARE LARGELY DUE TO STUFF LIKE THIS.

Originally Posted By SCOTTYP IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE OF RELIGION/CULTURE IS ONE OF THE UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROBLEMS. THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE INTEGRATION ISSUE. FRANCE HAS SECULAR VALUES; THIS CAN BE AT ODDS WITH THOSE OF IMMIGRANTS AS WELL AS SECOND-GENERATION CITIZENS. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT IS A MINORITY WHO ARE COMMITTING A MAJORITY OF THE RIOTS. YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT NOT MENTIONING RELIGION BECAUSE IT IS AN OVER-GENERALIZATION BUT SIMPLY CALLING THEM "FRENCH YOUTHS" IS COMPLETELY IGNORING THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR WELL THOUGHT OUT COMMENT, AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS SITE WHO SIMPLY SPOUT DRIVEL TOWARD MY (NEVER PERFECT) COMMENTS.

Originally Posted By SCOTTYP

THEIR ETHICAL/CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND IS THE REASON THEY ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND THE REASON THEY HAVE NO JOBS AND RIOT.

It is extremely prejudice to ignore the reasons for the problem by over-generalizing who is doing it. It is as if they are afraid to address the problem at all. They will just call them "youths", as if there is no real problem and they are just a bunch of soccer hooligans.

Originally Posted By SCOTTYP THEIR ETHICAL/CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND IS THE REASON THEY ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND THE REASON THEY HAVE NO JOBS AND RIOT. WHEN THE RIOTS HAPPENED IN L.A. AND OTHER PLACES IN THE USA WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO NOT ADDRESS THAT THEY HAD TO DO WITH AN OPPRESSED BLACK COMMUNITY? SHOULD WE SIMPLY CALL THE RIOTS ABOUT RODNEY KING "ANGRY CITIZENS" AND IGNORE THE ENTIRE REASON FOR THE ANGER? THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. IT IS EXTREMELY PREJUDICE TO IGNORE THE REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM BY OVER-GENERALIZING WHO IS DOING IT. IT IS AS IF THEY ARE AFRAID TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AT ALL. THEY WILL JUST CALL THEM "YOUTHS", AS IF THERE IS NO REAL PROBLEM AND THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF SOCCER HOOLIGANS.

Originally Posted By SCOTTYP

Again, can someone explain to me why they would mention the LA and other American riots as related to black anger, and avoid mentioning any details about the (much more serious) consistent riots in France.

the cause of the riots is not so much the exclusion of people from foreign orgin, but rather the ghettos and the elitist mind which always makes poor people poorer and rich people richer.

Originally Posted By MOONDANCER STATING THEIR ETHNICITY OR DIFFERENCES WITHOUT STATING WHAT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR PROBLEM IS IS WORSE THAN NOT STATING THEIR DIFFERENCES AT ALL. THAT'S THE EASIEST PROPAGANDA TOOL TO USE, NO IT'S NOT LYING, JUST SIMPLY LEAVING OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.