It takes just one incident to provoke such explosions of disaffection.
In Bradford in 2001, a meeting of right-wing group the BNP in a town centre pub sparked full-scale riots. A standoff developed that mutated into a full-on confrontation between predominantly young Asians and the police.
It brought tensions that had simmered beneath the surface for months to boiling point. Once ignited, a torrent of frustration and exclusion rained down on the West Yorkshire city over several nights of rioting.
Listening to French politicians reacting to the crisis, many sound incredibly naive. Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy's less-than-conciliatory comments about rioters underlined the responsibility of politicians to act sensitively.
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