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...smoldering." That is also true of certain parts of Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles and any number of other U.S. cities. We will be forced to confront the same inequalities. It's a question of when, not if. Neel Blair Chicago Social exclusion in France may rely on racial or religious grounds, but it can also result from a person's lack of educational attainment. Those at the top business and political levels in France are trained in the best schools, which are out of the reach of the underprivileged class, regardless of race or religion. But intelligence...
...Other students, though, say there had been no problems with racial tension until the NAACP started agitating about the purple-and-gold flag...
...others shouted racial slurs, and some people even threw water and ice at the marchers, according to Wilson...
...Estens and his team have had success in Moree (pop. 10,250), a place known for its artesian baths and, since the 1950s, its festering racial tensions, crime, poverty and social dysfunction. Forty years ago, Moree was one of the key stops on the Freedom Ride, led by Charles Perkins and other students, to draw attention to discrimination against blacks. In 1997, Estens started the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), a not-for-profit company that tries to find work for indigenous people through corporate partnerships; going beyond the standard approaches of employment agencies, the AES is staffed solely by indigenous...
...placements, delivering their lunch or driving them to work - generally making life too easy for them. He looks to senior men such as Nigel Swan and Lyndon "Charlie" Briggs to act as mentors for the younger "Murris" (the term for the local Kamilaroi people). In terms of racial harmony, on a scale of zero to ten, von Drehnen thinks the town is at about three. "Moree is much better than it used to be," he says. "And a lot better than other places nearby. We've put a lot of issues away here." The next day, passing a building...