When will they – finally – hold themselves responsible?
The attack was rough but not unique. In the last three weeks alone, three similar assaults on the police have occurred in these suburbs, which a year ago were aflame with the rage of unemployed, undereducated youth, mostly the offspring of Arab and African immigrants.
In fact, with the anniversary of those riots approaching, spiking violent crime statistics across the area suggest not only that things have not improved, but that they also may well have worsened. Residents and experts say that fault lines run even deeper than before and that widespread violence may flare up again at any moment.
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The anger of those young men is apparent in music popular in the suburbs. In her latest album, the rap singer Diam’s accuses Mr. Sarkozy of being a demagogue and the police of hypocrisy. The rapper Booba proclaims in one song, “Maybe it would be better to burn Sarko’s car,� while Alibi Montana, another rapper, warns Mr. Sarkozy, “Keep going like that, and you’re going to get done.�
What some people seem to be incapable of understanding is that the government should not take care of them. One has seize the opportunities one receives. Instead of constantly blaming everything on ‘racism’ and the government, these ‘youths’ should start looking at their own roles, at their own lives.
I am not argueing that racism does not exist in Europe. It does. But these ‘youths’ are exaggerating it greatly. Almost as an exuse: so they will not have to take responsibility for their own lives.
They have to stop demanding and start seizing.
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