la banlieue la france, le ghetto francais, et ses habitants
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LA BANLIEUE
LA FRANCE, LE GHETTO FRANCAIS, ET SES HABITANTS
FROM ROUBAIX TO NYC• Name: Tarik Chelali
• Age: 24 years old
• Birthplace: Roubaix, France
• Citizenship: French-Canadian-Algerian
• Lived in: Roubaix, Paris, Montreal, Vancouver, Beirut, Palestine, and NYC
• Studies: Political Development
• School: Columbia University
• Hobbies: Futbol, Bball, and Travelling
• Food: Couscous
• Home: Unknown
• Future: Unknown
LA FRANCE
Paris, la capitale
Les baguettes
Champion du Monde en 1998
Le vin et le fromage
Président élu Hollande, Président sortant Sarkozy
DEFINITIONS• What is an immigrant?
• What is identity?
• What is the ghetto?
La Laïcité: a concept denoting the absence of religious involvement in government affairs as well as absence of government involvement in religious affairs
Colonialism: the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory.
L’EMPIRE FRANCAIS
FRANCE, COLONIALISM, AND IMMIGRATION• Colonies: Vietnam, North Africa, West Africa…
• Rebuilding France after WWII
• The War in Algeria (1956-1962)
• War, Labor, and Immigration
• Ghettoization of immigrants
• 80s: Economic Decline – Xenophobic Incline
• Le Front National (90s – 2012)
LES BANLIEUES
LA HAINE• Directed by Matthieu Kassovitz
in 1995; urban masterpiece
Story
• 24 hours with three characters (Vinz, Hubert, and Said) who are trying to escape the “ghetto” after a night of riots
• The characters face violent police, drug dealers and skin heads, bourgeois Parisians, journalists, and a city/state that isolates them
Themes
• Discrimination / Racism?
• Not belonging
• State repression
• “Ghettoization”
• Urgency / Time
LES ÉMEUTES DE 2005October 27: tragic deaths of Zied and Bouna in Clichy-Sous-Bois
November 3: Spread across the country
November 8: State of Emergency
November 13: Calm returns to France
Underlying Causes:
- Police violence and identity checks
- High unemployment
- Resentment and Anger
- Racism and Xenophobia
UN DÉBAT• Each team will have 5 minutes to express their point of
view
• Once both teams have presented their views, both teams will have the opportunity to respond to the other team’s points
Example:
Pro Immigration
1. Diversity of cultures and backgrounds
2. Work the difficult jobs
Against Immigration
3. In time of economic crisis, there are no jobs for everyone
4. Costly to welcome and host new immigrants
5. Have difficulty integrating/assimilating to the country
CONCLUSION