Summary of Die Mauern von Marseille – wie sich Reiche gegen Arme abschotten | auslandsjournal

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The video discusses the walls that surround Marseille, France, which are used to protect the wealthy from the poor. Theo's educational journey is a series of obstacles, and his father is accordingly angry and frustrated. Theo has to go through a lot in order to get to school, and if he's late, he gets a beating. Marseille is behind the walls of security because of its high rate of crime related to drugs and the criminal underworld.

• 00:00:00 The video discusses the walls that surround Marseille, France, which are used to protect the wealthy from the poor. Theo's educational journey is a series of obstacles, and his father is accordingly angry and frustrated. Theo has to go through a lot in order to get to school, and if he's late, he gets a beating. Marseille is behind the walls of security because of its high rate of crime related to drugs and the criminal underworld. Pascal Jena, the housekeeper and security guard, shows the narrator a development area with property owned by people in the middle class who have built barriers and security systems to only let people in who they deem necessary. Although the new barriers have made life harder for Theo and his neighbors, they are grateful for them. Sarah Löffler, who lives down the street, was not given advance notice that her street would be closed to cars and pedestrians. The neighbors decided to do this without consulting her. This was a surprise to her and has made it difficult for her to get around. Many streets in Marseille were created by the wealthy in the 19th and 20th centuries as private streets, and the city did not want to integrate them into the public transportation system it had to maintain. If people want to close
• 00:05:00 The walls of Marseille protect the rich from the poor, and Regina explains how she and her son, who live on the other side of the walls, get around. It takes about 20-25 minutes to walk from her home to his school, and the same distance to get to his home again after school. There are fences and gates between their neighborhoods, and the walls prevent them from crossing into each other's territories.