Owukori of the great blog Black Looks was kind enough to forward a posting she did recently that provides some good information regarding the genesis of the riots that are now taking place in Paris. Below is an excerpt, but please check out her site for the rest of the story.
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“Members of Paris’s African community have been rioting in the streets of Paris for the past 9 days. The riots were triggered by the death of two youths of African decent, Bouna Traore, aged 15, and Zyed Benna, 17, were electrocuted at an electricity sub-station in Clichy-sous-Bois as they ran from the police. A third youth who escaped death, said they panicked and ran because they found themselves near the scene of a break-in incident where police began to arrive. The police of course deny any involvement in the boys death. It should be noted that these young people are not immigrants. Their grandparents and possibly their parents are but they are born in France and are French citizens. Constantly referring to them as “immigrants” is a problem in itself and reinforces their exclusion from mainstream French society.” (more…)
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November 5th, 2005 at 11:08 am
Black Looks. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Sincerely hope you qualify for a high quality journalistic award for this article. It is fabulous!