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Les émeutes
riots
Une bavure
a police slip-up
Un beur
second generation North African immigrant
La cité
housing estate
Une banlieue
suburb; outskirts
Le Maghreb
Morocco
Pieds-noirs
Native French (or European) people who had emigrated to French Algeria in the 1800s and whose descendants had been living there ever since
Outre-mer
overseas
Le regroupement familial
family reunification
Un bouc émissaire
scapegoat
Le délit de faciès
act by which someone is judged by their appearance and/or skin colour
La malaise
social unrest
La délinquance
delinquency
Le chômage
unemployment
La main-d'oeuvre
workforce
Les bidonvilles
shanty towns
HLM (habitation à loyer modéré)
low-cost accommodation
Les Grands Ensembles
large housing estates
