Representation in France

I don't know if anyone else saw this article on Thursday, but apparently representation (or a lack of representation) on television can have far reaching consequences. The article claims that the homogeneous face France tries to present to the world contributed to the unrest which has been going on in immigrant neighborhoods for the past several weeks. To quote from the article:

"The disparity between the country's monochromatic image of itself and the multicolored reality frustrates young citizens from non-European immigrant backgrounds and has added to their sense of alienation, which was expressed most graphically in the arson attacks that have swept the country this month."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/international/europe/16france.html?oref=login