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The ultimate aim of this study is to examine how the place banlieue and the minorities has affected each other in France through the film, <the Hate>. The main characters in the film, Vinz(a Jew), Saïd(an Arab) and Hubert(a black African) live in banlieue near Paris. They are getting along very well, even though they are different ethnicities. The Paris and the banlieue are totally different places to them. Paris is dubious city showing kindness and racial hatred at the same time. On the other hand, banlieue is the place like hometown. But it also is the place they want to escape from whenever possible. They hate banlieue because immigrants live together gregariously there. In this film all three main characters suffer from racial discrimi- nation. But a Jew, Vinz is lesser discriminated than an Arab, Saïd and a black African, Hubert. A French police in the film tortures badly Saïd and Hubert, but he let the Jew escape. Thus, my point is this: After Holocaust, antisemitism like torturing Jews in France is not allowed even in films. Finally, I think that the director urges immigrants including Jews to assimilate to the main French society, even if the film deals with the hatred of immigrants toward the main society.

La Haine, banlieue, immigrant, arab, black african, Jew, Antisemitism