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 * This indicate[s] the city has multicultural tolerance
 * World War II a [wave of] Jewish immigrants
 * “capitols" of culture, should be "capitals" of culture

Language

 * "some say the geography..." Who says this?
 * I would say "Although residents have diverse origins, they..."
 * The first paragraph seems like a persuasive essay or ad for Marseille, and not an encyclopedia
 * What does "the communists took over" entail? Were they elected?

Organization

 * I'm not exactly sure how I would go about organizing this... Maybe start with the historical context? It seems like the last sentence of the second paragraph could by included in the first paragraph, at least.

Coding
Meets standard.

Validity

 * The first paragraph only documents the positive aspects of Marseille, but reading the first source, we can see that there are negative aspects as well (racially motivated murders, xenophobic National Front, communities do co‐exist, but often warily and at a distance)

Completion
Meets standard.

Relevance
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Marseille Multi-cultural
Marseille has both rich and poor neighborhoods that exist side-by-side.This indicate the city has multicultural tolerance; some say the geography of the city helps; the city is surrounded by mountains and does not have a band of suburbs surrounding it. Although they have diverse origins, residents share an identity as being from Marseille even in the poorest neighborhoods. An example of tolerance is seen at the public beaches, where ethnic groups sit on the sand together, blacks are next to whites alongside mixed skin tones. When suburbs outside other French cities rioted several years ago, Marseille remained calm. The poor neighborhoods and the more well off neighborhoods seem bound with a particular identity.

Marseille became Europe’s busiest port by 1900, trading merchandise with Africa, Asia and the Americas. Marseille has served as a major port where immigrants from around the Mediterranean arrive. Marseille continues to be multicultural. Armenians from Turkey began arriving in 1913. In the 1930s, Italians settled in Marseille. After World War II a Jewish immigrants from North Africa arrived. In 1962, when Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia became independent, French citizens from there arrived in Marseille. When most of France’s colonies gained independence in the 1960s, the city lost many jobs. Immigrants who could afford to move left and the poorest remained. For a while, the mafia ran the city; then the communists took over. Marseille became one of the “capitols" of culture in 2013. It was chosen to give a ‘human face’ to the European Union to celebrate cultural diversity and to increase understanding between Europeans.

The market at Noailles, also called Marché des Capucins, is in old town, near the Old Port. There, a visitor can see multi-cultural Marseille for themselves. Lebanese bakeries, an African spice market, Chinese and Vietnamese groceries, fresh vegetables and fruit, shops selling couscous, shops selling Caribbean food are side by side with stalls selling shoes and clothing from around the Mediterranean. Nearby, people sell fresh fish and men from Tunisia drink tea.