Frennch 4 : Racial tensions and other social issues in today's France
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| agresser | to mug
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| appartenir à | to belong to
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| l'immigration (f) | immigration
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| un pays d'asile | a host country
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| un immigré de, un ressortissant de | an immigrant
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| le chômage | unemployment
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| la Sécu (rité Sociale) | Social Security
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| le désœuvrement | idleness
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| la délinquance juvénile | juvenile delinquency
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| Le Front National | Extreme Right Parti in France founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen and now headed by his daughter Marine Le Pen
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| la montée de la philosophie extrême droite en Europe et en France | the rise of far right philosophy in Europe and France
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| la discrimination raciale | racial discrimination
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| un acte de vandalisme | an act of vandalism
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| la pauvreté | poverty
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| incendier, mettre le feu à, brûler | to burn, to set on fire
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| retourner des voitures | to turn (flip) cars over
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| la banlieue | suburbs
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| les HLM ( Habitations à Loyer Modéré) | Projects ( Government Founded Housing)
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| les avantages sociaux | social benefits
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| le paradis social | social paradise
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| la police montée | mounted police ( on horse back)
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| un appel au secours= un appel à l'aide | a call for help
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| le logement | housing
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| l'emploi (masc.) | employment
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| l'instruction(fem.) | education
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| une jeunesse désabusée | disanchanted, desillusioned youth
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| être pris entre deux cultures | to be(caught/stuck) between two cultures
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| être la cible du racisme | to be the target of racism
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| une émeute | riot
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| les (jeunes) ados | teens
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| arrêter des autobus | to stop buses
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| cambrioler/ saccager /voler des commerces | to rob /loot stores
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| briser les vitres des étalages commerciaux | to break store front windows
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| provoquer les forces de l'ordre | to provoque the Police Force
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| attiser | to stir up
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| avoir peur de= craindre | to be afraid of, to fear
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| coexister | to coexist
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| confronter | to face
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| désamorcer | to defuse
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| discriminer contre | to discriminate against
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| une politique d'exclusion | a NO-safe haven policy
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| une politique d'inclusion | a safe heaven policy
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| intégrer; s’intégrer | to integrate; to integrate oneself
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| isoler, s'isoler | to isolate, to isolate oneself
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| marginaliser | to marginalize , to ostracize
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| persécuter; la persécution | to persecute, persecution
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| se radicaliser | to become radicalized, politically fundamentalist
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| rejeter | to reject
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| le manque de respect | lack of respect
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| un affrontement | a clash
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| une bande, un gang | a gang
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| le délit de faciès | facial discrimination
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| la cité | subsidized housing
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| l’incompréhension ( fem.) | the lack of understanding
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| l’ inégalité (fem.) | inequality
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| un étranger, une étrangère | foreigner/ stranger ( depending on the context)
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| le gitan | gipsy
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| la haine | hatred
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| l’insécurité (fem) | insecurity
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| la sécurité | safety
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| le manque de sécurité | the lack of safety
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| la menace | threat
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| la poussée | the outbreak
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| bien élevé, poli, courtois>< mal élevé, grossier, impoli | well manered>< ill mannered/rude
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| déraciné (e) | uprooted
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| désemparé(e ) | helpless
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| xénophobe | xenophobic, who does not like foreigners
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| intransigeant | uncompromising
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| précaire | insecure, precarious
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| digne de confiance | trustworthy
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| méfiant(e) | suspicious
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| le fanatisme religieux | religious extremism
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| la main d’œuvre | man power
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| la diversité, le pluralisme culturel | cultural diversity
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| les Droits de l'Homme | Human Rights
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| le berceau | the cradle, (fig:) the birthplace
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| la laïcité | secularism, separation of Church and State
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| le désespoir | despair
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| être partagé sur une question/un point | to be divided on an issue
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| le malaise social | social discomfort, social unrest
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| la bavure policière, la bavure politique | a police or political blunder, error
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| à leur ( mon, ton, son etc.) égard | towards them ( me, you her/him etc.)
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| la méconnaissance de | the unfamiliarity with , the lack of knowledge of
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| à la recherche d'un emploi | job hunting
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| la scolarité supérieure | higher (college) education
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| le français de souche | Les personnes de nationalité française, autochtones n'ayant pas d'ascendance étrangère immédiate et n'étant pas issues de l'immigration récente. Elle est souvent opposée à l'expression les Français de papier.
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| craindre | to fear
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