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French Arabs are huddled in ghettos

The waive of unforgivable terror attacks in France belies a dark, equally unforgivable, reality. For all the sophistication in their culture, French society treats its native Arabic population – thoroughly French – just as badly as white America treated African-Americans during the Jim Crow era.

The native French Arabic population is huddled in ghettos and suffers from intense discrimination; the young population is unemployed at rates higher than 50 percent, and French society reminds their Arab citizens daily that it disrespects their religion.

France was a major colonial power in the Middle East and Northern Africa, and it continues to act as a colonial master to its current Arab population. While acts of terrorism should never be allowed, these factors create a lot of resentment, leading to acts such as what happened in Nice.

James Kalomiris, Fresno

This story was originally published July 24, 2016 at 3:46 PM with the headline "French Arabs are huddled in ghettos."

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