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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Years of Misguided Policies
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rance, like the rest of Europe, is facing the repercussion of its years of discrimination and oppression. The French colonized North Africa and ruled with brutality. It was fine when they were extracting natural resources -- and wealth -- from countries there. But they failed to treat immigrants fairly later on.
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hen Youssef Majdi, a Berber from Morocco, was 16, he was recruited by the French to fight their wars for them. He served in Indochina and was wounded in Vietnam. He and many other North Africans played a pivotal role in the wealth of France. But how quickly they forget.
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hen South-Central Los Angeles exploded in the early '90s, it wasn't just about Rodney King. In France, too, disfranchisement and the inability to find work because jobs are reserved for white Frenchmen are part of a greater problem. However, for years, France and its addled leaders have ghettoized these youth like cows in a pen.
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rance will continue to burn from the inside, even when the fires are put out.
Posted by fm on November 16, 2005 at 12:51 AM