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La Haine
vocabulary from the film la haine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| les émeutes | riots |
| à la suite | following the... |
| en garde à vue | in custody |
| eu lieu | occurred/ taken place |
| un jeune beur | a young Arab |
| tué | Killed |
| une bavure | a police slip-up |
| les cités | housing estates |
| une banlieue | suburb, area around a large city |
| efficace | effective |
| 'touche pas à mon pote' | an organisation created to denounce racist acts and to promote integration. |
| le Maghreb | Maghreb- area of North Africa comprising Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. |
| pieds-noirs | French national born in a North African colony (in past etc) |
| outre-mer | overseas |
| le regroupement familial | family reunification |
| un bouc émissaire | a scapegoat |
| le délit de faciès | 'facial discrimination'- discriminating against someone for their appearance |
| Le front National (FN) | the national front |
| l'ampleur | the extent/ breadth |
| des ouvriers étrangers | foreign workers |
| le banlieusard | suburbanite (masc) |
| la banlieusarde | suburbanite (fem) |
| A quote from Saïd: "une arabe dans un commiddariat il ne tient paas plus d'une heure" | "an Arab in a police station doesn't last more than an hour" |