France -- Jeff and Philippe comment on graffiti in a banlieue, just 20 kilometers from the Eiffel Tower, yet a world away. For the idle young people from the "Forestiere," one of the first housing projects in Clichy-sous-Bois, Paris is light years away. The site of riots in 2005, Paris' banlieues are hotbeds of economic, racial and ethnic tension.
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