La Haine Socio-Economic Vocab Flashcards
1
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Les allocations
A
Benefits (From the Government)
2
Q
Les Banlieues
A
Suburbs around large cities
3
Q
Le Banlieusard
A
Someone living in a suburb
4
Q
Une Bavure
A
A police slip-up
5
Q
Une beur/ Une beurette
A
Colloquial - a person born in France whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from North-Africa
6
Q
Un bouc émissaire
A
A scape-goat
7
Q
Le chômage
A
Unemployment
8
Q
La cité
A
Housing estate
9
Q
Un commissariat
A
A police station
10
Q
La déliquance
A
Deliquancy / crime
11
Q
Le délit de faciès
A
An act by which someone is judged by their appearance and/ or their skin colour
12
Q
Une émeute
A
A riot
13
Q
Les Français de souche
A
Native french people
14
Q
Les grands ensembles
A
Large housing estates
15
Q
Le HLM
A
Low-cost accomadation, social housing
