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  • Comment: Explosion in the suburbs The riots in France are the result of years of racism, poverty and police brutality. By Naima Bouteldja
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    1,2 - THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY Elementary

    Match these key words from the text with their definitions. 
    1.
    violent 
    2.
    riot 
    3.
    suburbs 
    4.
    immigrant 
    5.
    vermin 
    6.
    voter 
    7.
    scum 
    8.
    tense 
    a.
    someone who votes in an election 
    b.
    an area near a large town or city (but not in the centre) where many people live 
    c.
    small animals that cause diseases (if you call someone this, it is a very bad word) 
    d.
    nervous and not relaxed 
    e.
    involving the use of physical force / the opposite of peaceful 
    f.
    someone who comes from another country to live in a country 
    g.
    a dirty substance on the surface of a liquid (if you call someone this, it is a very bad 
    word) 
    h.
    a violent protest by a crowd of people 
    Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible. 
    1.
    When were the riots in Lyon? 
    2.
    Where did the latest riots begin? 
    3.
    What is the unemployment rate in Clichy-sous-Bois? 
    4.
    What is Amnesty International? 
    5.
    Who is Nicolas Sarkozy? 
    6.
    Who is Dominique de Villepin? 
    ©
    Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
    Taken from the 
    News 
    section in 
    www.onestopenglish.com


    Comment: Explosion in the suburbs
    The riots in France are the result of years 
    of racism, poverty and police brutality.
    By Naima Bouteldja 
    In 1991 there was violence between young 
    men and police in the suburbs of the French 
    city of Lyon. Alain Touraine, the French 
    sociologist, said, "In a few years we will 
    have the same kind of problems the 
    Americans have in their big cities." In the 
    past few weeks there have been many nights 
    of violence in the suburbs of French cities. 
    Perhaps Touraine’s pessimistic prediction is 
    now becoming reality. 
    The violence followed the deaths of two 
    young Muslim men of African origin in a 
    Paris suburb. The two men lived in Clichy-
    sous-Bois, a poor northeastern suburb of 
    Paris, and this was where the violent riots 
    began. Clichy-sous-Bois was like a time-
    bomb waiting to explode. Half its 
    inhabitants are under 20, the unemployment 
    rate is more than 40% and police check the 
    identity of young men regularly.
    Young French citizens born into first- and 
    second-generation immigrant communities 
    from France's former colonies in North 
    Africa usually lead the riots. The cause is 
    almost always the deaths of young black 
    men at the hands of the police. The reaction 
    of the French government usually makes 
    things worse.
    Four days after the deaths in Clichy-sous-
    Bois, the situation was beginning to calm 
    down when the police fired teargas into a 
    mosque. The official reason for the police 
    action was that there was a badly parked car 
    in front of the mosque. The government has 
    not offered any apology to the Muslim 
    community. But riots have now started in 
    other poor suburbs across France and this is 
    something new. Laurent Levy, an anti-racist 
    campaigner, is not surprised by the situation. 
    "When you do not give any respect to large 
    sections of the population, and when they do 
    not have the right to work and the right to 
    proper accommodation, what is surprising is 
    not that the cars are burning but that it 
    doesn’t happen more often," he says. 
    Police violence and racism are major factors 
    in the riots. In April a report by the human 
    rights group Amnesty International 
    criticized the way in which the French 
    police treated young men of African origin 
    during identity checks. But the actions of the 
    interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, have also 
    caused a lot of anger. He called the rioters 
    "vermin” and "scum" and said it was 
    necessary to clean the suburbs with 
    industrial cleaner. 
    Sarkozy's will probably be a candidate in the 
    French presidential elections in 2007 where 
    his opponent will be the current Prime 
    Minister, Dominique de Villepin. Sarkozy’s 
    words might gain him votes from right-wing 
    voters.
    What can France do to stop the violence? It 
    would obviously help if ministers stopped 
    talking about "scum" and if Sarkozy lost his 
    job. A simple “sorry” could help to make the 
    situation less tense. The morning after the 
    gassing of the mosque, a young Muslim 
    woman expressed what many people feel, 
    "We just want them to stop lying and to 
    apologize." Then some of these young 
    people might feel they were full and equal 
    citizens of the French republic.
    Naima Bouteldja is a French journalist and 
    researcher for the Transnational Institute. 
    Guardian Weekly, 13/11/05, page 14 
    ©
    Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
    Taken from the 
    News 
    section in 
    www.onestopenglish.com



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