LA BANLIEUE

LA FRANCE, LE GHETTO FRANCAIS, ET SES HABITANTS

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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