"I teach them that the state is for everybody, that it
treats everybody the same," Taïb Ben Thabet, a social
worker in north of Paris, says "But what credibility do I
have when everything I say is contradicted by experience?
The kids say it's all lies."
The Christian Science Monitor
As too many news sorties are covering Paris riots, the
violence is still growing .In a wake-up call, a wave of
unrest by immigrant-descended young men has spread in
Paris' suburbs and major towns.
Living under very bad socio-economic circumstances, it was
expected that the suburbanites may cause such unrests. For
some people it's a moment of crystallization; the different
problems and debates of marginalizing the ethnic groups in
France have been resurfaced.
It's high time to ask about the real reasons and
addressing the roots of the problems. What has caused this
violence? Can we describe the French model of integration
as a one-way model; asking for the duties without affording
the rights? Knowing that the majority of Paris suburbanites
are Muslims, to which extent religion has affected the
whole scene? Can we consider the cultural and ethnic
differences as catalysts of this violence? The list can go
on with many other questions.
Let us think together of what we can do to face the
expected violence of the forgotten people, show them that
they do not have to protest violently in order to be heard
not only in France but everywhere.
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