battikh wrote2- for france's case, if many arabs/africans/... are labeled as violent, its not because they're arabs, or because they're black or because any of these superficial baseless ideas. Most of these people are people who came to france because they were poor, they came to work and get a better life. But when you're poor you can't afford a house in Neuilly or Passy, all you can afford is something in underprivileged suburb full of other people in financial difficulty. The parents tend to be working 2-3 jobs (sometimes au noir to avoid taxes, so getting problems with the police and getting arrested) so they don't get much time taking care of the children. and when you're poor, the environment at home is not really what is best, specially when it turns into alcoholism and all. And the children HAVE to go to the nearby public school. In france you are not allowed to send your kids in a public school outside your area. Someone who has a kid in a suburb MUST put his kid in the school of this suburb, he is not allowed to put him in a public school in Neuilly, which has a better level of education, better environment, ... so this also affects the way the kid is raised.
Battikh, my father died when i was 9, and my mother was working at 3 jobs (she is teacher). We had also crisis at 199x, and most my friends parents was also taking many jobs just to feed their families. I start fixing TV's when i was 12 (most of TV's was lamp based, very old, it was hassle to fix them) . Almost all my friends start taking job on summer school vacation, help gather herbs in farms. I had meat only on weekends, and we was suffering, but paying electricity bills.
Most of the time i was alone, and playing with other kids. Our city WAS extremely criminal city, we had country jail in city, and when it was closed, many prisoners was released under amnesty and stay in the city.
My friend died in building explosion, when criminals was solving their questions, and planted a bomb (around 20-30 people died on that explosion).
I had some dark period, while i had "bad" adult company, who was drinking a lot, taking drugs and etc. Sure when i so all that, i left them. From all friends i know none become drug addict or criminal. Even many of them still poor, and they drink a lot, they don't commit a crime.
Btw. i didn't had even money for nice clothes this "poor france people from suburbs" have on photo.
Oh poor kids in France, their parents doesn't give them enough attention. They have no choice, than to destroy cars, beat and rob other people. F**k them. This lazy assholes should work at coalmines for crimes they commit.
and it is well known that socially, a familly who has financial difficulty, the children will tend to have difficulties. This applies on EVERYONE, not just africans, arabs, mexicans, ... poor people go to the suburb, bad environment for the kids, bad schools with bad environment, ....
plus, using this picture to prove your point is baseless, it doesn't classify as an argument to generalize. want me to send you KKK pictures? neo-nazis? hooligans? or maybe one of those gangsters wannabes in australia?
We have nazi in Moscow for example, but it is not because nation born them, this culture "sponsored" by political parties. And there is actual problem with "foreign cheap labor" in Moscow, much worse than for example palestinians in Lebanon, that is fueling such hatred.
if these people are violent its not because of their origin, it's because of the environment they have been raised in. so try to look a bit further than pictures and stories and look at the root cause of these behaviors before generalizing.
lets say you were not able to afford a house in a good area of lebanon but only in a bad area, and you were able only to send your kids to a public school near that area. what are the chances that your kid will behave well, not use drugs, not drink, not buy a mobilette and be labeled as "zouzou 2ebba", ...?
It depends for sure on parents a lot, but it also depends on the nation much more.
Thats why chinese or indian kid(for example) born in poverty have very small chance to become criminal, and even his parents is busy, they will be capable raise a child's love of work, and motivate to become successful person.
I will repeat, indians, chinese, russian people immigrated to USA also because of poverty, to get better change for life. Why there is no stereotype if you see them that they are gangs?
Again, why it is rare to see them homeless asking for penny?
Poverty in India was worse than in Africa. They solve it.
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