French Connection- France

November 2002
As riots continue, we bring back an insightful report into the failure of Muslim integration in France. Made in 2002, it reveals the tensions which have now come to the fore. Contains useful archive.

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[Xantank]

English subtitles or voice over would be useful!

[calgaryman2583]

Multiculturalism= failure, violence, ruined lives/countries.

[Anrwi]

@gabtkt

These translations you made clearly took you a lot of time and effort, and is very much appreciated.

Thank you very much, I am very grateful.

[gabtkt]

18:57 - There was, unfortunately, a succession of bad things which join them, makes young muslim vulnerable in front of the temptation to be extremist. Thanks God this is not the case for majority.

20:00 - The real reason it's because I'm, like we say here in France, a "beur", an Arab.

20:17 - Well, it simply become, apartment, job, night club... It become a really dark life and then, we keep all that in the heart and that become a time bomb.

[gabtkt]

17:23 - The worst racism in France is racism against French people. Because in many neighborhoods the French, especially the poor, are victims of foreign immigration, and of aggressive attitude of many foreign imigrant, in particular young. We believe that we have higher rights to be in our own country. It was created by those who preceded us ! Through their efforts, their labor, their sacrifices, their pain ! We're home.

[gabtkt]

15:56 - It makes me sad a lot, and the family too. It's somethings we don't understand, and that my mother.

16:04 - On the other hand, if we want confined the muslim community in ghettos, we will let develop racism, xenophobia, indifference which can lead to a situation similar to the Yugoslav situation. We are between two extreme.

[gabtkt]

14:06 - And, because they are excluded, he find people who knows how to talk about islam and tell ' You see ! You are French, you're born in France, you have capacity, you study but they don't give you the oportunity to be French "

14:49 - He says that a woman who don't wear "foulard" isn't a good muslim...

I feel broken and destroyed from the inside because i love them despite what happen. Despite all that I still love them...



[gabtkt]

12:20 - I worked hard for my children. And it's difficult, I never met a social worker, I never ask for help to anyone.

12:51- When I was with my children, when they were kids, I worked 8 h per day. But when they were here, in this place, and they played, they have fun, I was the happier mother in the world.

13:26 - here is some things, this is Bob Marley, it was the favorite of Zakari. He always sing with him.

13:44 - He smoked weeds, he had date with girls.. Both ! Not only Zakari !

[gabtkt]

10:53 - Thankfully, there is religion because if there is no religion.. this is a slaughter. Fortunately there is religion, lead us to the right way. Despite the place we live we're always looking to God, and always to the good. Despite what they are doing to us we come to the right way. We don't care what they do to us.

[gabtkt]

9:38 - I'm asthmatic, i'm 69 years old and I have oxygen machine. All night i have oxygen. My mother is diabetic and paralyzed, she can't walk. I give her food.

10:04 - I'm French.. nationality. -" And how long is your mother being here ? " - 60 years old.

10:18 - It's a pretext.

[gabtkt]

8:16 - There is big problems, you're looking for a job you don't find, you're looking for an apartment you don't find, you want to leave the country you can't ! All we have is drug, you steal.. That's what they want. Thay want to destroy you !

9:05 - The problem of this man, his mother have no id paper on french territory.. Can you stop filming please !

[gabtkt]

7:37 - This is the shit ! The kids plays in this shit. There is disease, cholera, this is full of bacterium. Why ? Yet this is Marseille, this place belongs to the municipality ! I don't understand..I can't take it anymore. Why he don't send his garbage truck for clean ? Why ? Are we not citizens ? What we are ? Animals?