Unrest is universal. It will continue to get worse if we do not address the problems at the source. Blaming the disenfranchised will only make it worse, as Paris is finding out while their Minister of the Interior, Sarkozy, is calling the rioting youths (before they turned violent) "scum." Azouz Begag, the minister for equal opportunity's comments in the linked article are about right. He says that "in order to create order, one has to first combat discrimination."
Haven't we learned anything from Rodney King? From Katrina even. If we continue to treat our immigrants and minorities as "lesser than," they will, rightfully, fight back.
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