The Gated Community Mentality - By RICH BENJAMIN

[kpete]

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Gated Community Mentality
By RICH BENJAMIN
Published: March 29, 2012


AS a black man who has been mugged at gunpoint by a black teenager late at night, I am not naïve: I know firsthand the awkward conundrums surrounding race, fear and crime. Trayvon Martin’s killing at the hands of George Zimmerman baffles this nation. While the youth’s supporters declare in solidarity “We are all Trayvon,” the question is raised, to what extent is the United States also all George Zimmerman?

Under assault, I didn’t dream of harming my teenage assailant, let alone taking his life.

Mr. Zimmerman reacted very differently, taking out his handgun and shooting the youth in cold blood.

What gives?

Welcome to gate-minded America.

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the rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/opinion/the-gated-community-mentality.html?_r=1&hpw

[onehandle]

1. I think there should be a movement of people of all races to walk through gated communities...

...in hoodies. Gated does not necessarily mean closed.

Pick a Saturday. Coordinate to walk people through for an hour. Over and over for the full hour.

Do this from coast to coast.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Factually flawed in a number of areas, but his thesis is reasonable

[obey]

3. Maybe it's time to Occupy the gated communities

them 1%ers can get a taste of the terror, from behind their walls, that Trayvon must have felt. (They can camp on the green belts and bath in all them swimming pools)

[Cali_Democrat]

4. K&R