Abstract
Many Belgian teachers who have Moroccan pupils and students in their classes hold the idea that Moroccans do not really have a sense of guilt. The same idea is also expressed in several Dutch and Belgian publications about Moroccan youth. In Moroccan culture, it is argued, shame is the most important form of social control, but it does not lead to the internalization of moral standards. This seems to explain all sorts of educational and behavioral problems of Moroccan youngsters at school and even the high delinquency rate of Moroccan boys who live in Belgian and Dutch cities. In this chapter these views are questioned on the basis of the expression of guilt themes on a projective test by Moroccan youngsters who live in the city of Brussels as well as on the basis of the analysis of cultural and linguistic data.
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