![]() Young people were all the more so because their age did not place them a priori among the “at-risk” populations, but also because they constitute a flexible workforce, subject to temporary work, short contracts and uberization (drivers, delivery personnel) (Abdelnour and Bernard 2020). The working classes, because of the nature and status of their jobs, were mobilized more than others during the lockdown to perform basic functions (Counil and Khlat 2020 Gilbert 2020 Mariette and Pitti 2020a, 2020b). Referring to this notion of “resources” will enable us to “think about moments, relationships, actions, and interactions that produce or generate help and support (thus analyzable in terms of resources) that would not exist outside of the circumstances that give rise to them” (Faure and Thin 2019, p. 21) and to understand what has enabled these young people to “stand their ground” and “get by despite everything” ( ibid.). The aim of this article, which is based on 28 interviews conducted, in various towns and cities within the Paris region (Île-de-France), with young people aged 18 to 25 from working-class backgrounds, is to show to what extent these young people found themselves, in various configurations, among the first victims of the pandemic, and how, in order to cope with it, they mobilized a range of resources. ![]() In this paper, we shall focus on the way France’s first lockdown (March to May 2020) was experienced by young people living in such neighborhoods, who have been the subject of much media commentary but whose voices have been little heard. Nevertheless, they share a common experience of inequality, which the health crisis has once again brought sharply to light. The youth of working-class neighborhoods in France covers a diverse reality, particularly in terms of age, gender, origin, and religion (Kakpo 2006 Marlière 2011 Truong 2015).
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