▁health ▁ha z ards . ▁ ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁ ▁The ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁conditions ▁of ▁many ▁Al ger ian ▁families ▁had ▁vast ly ▁d eter ior ated ▁from ▁an ▁already ▁poor ▁quality ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁bid on v illes ▁to ▁squ al or ▁that ▁many ▁Al ger ians ▁were ▁no ▁longer ▁willing ▁to ▁toler ate . ▁During ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁Al ger ian ▁imm igr ants ▁protest ed ▁alongside ▁many ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁working ▁class ▁about ▁the ▁de pl or able ▁working ▁conditions ▁and ▁poor ▁pay ▁they ▁received ▁as ▁construction ▁workers ; ▁hundreds ▁of ▁workers ▁were ▁later ▁deport ed ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁participation ▁in ▁the ▁protest s . ▁The ▁sent iments ▁of ▁the ▁workers ▁who ▁searched ▁for ▁more ▁opportunity ▁and , ▁with ▁that , ▁a ▁better ▁life ▁are ▁evident ▁in ▁Bou z id ' s ▁desire ▁for ▁Az ou z ▁to ▁continue ▁with ▁his ▁education ▁and ▁thus ▁avoid ▁his ▁own ▁fate : ▁“ I ▁don ’ t ▁want ▁you ▁to ▁become ▁what ▁I ▁am , ▁a ▁poor ▁labor er ” ▁and ▁his ▁joy ▁at ▁his ▁son ' s ▁success es ▁in ▁school . ▁ ▁B id on ville ▁to ▁Ban lie ue ▁The ▁large - scale ▁destruction ▁of ▁bid on v illes ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁brought ▁about ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁ban lie ues : ▁low - in come , ▁high - dens ity ▁housing ▁projects ▁in ▁the ▁sub ur bs ▁of ▁French ▁cities .