France tackles discrimination, inequalities after attacks
France's prime minister is launching a new bid to heal what he called a nation fractured between haves and have-nots, after terrorist attacks exposed long-simmering discrimination and social and religious tensions. Manuel Valls shocked many this week by referring to a "territorial, social, ethnic apartheid" in the suburbs, or "banlieues," ringing France's major cities, where neglected housing projects are home mainly to minorities with immigrant roots.
Valls is holding a special government meeting Thursday to address the problem. His proposals will not be the first.
