{"id":2447,"date":"2009-12-08T21:15:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T02:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2009-12-08T21:15:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T02:15:55","slug":"praisetouring-gangland-freakonomics-blog-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/08\/praisetouring-gangland-freakonomics-blog-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Praise::Touring Gangland – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Touring Gangland
\nBy FREAKONOMICS
\nA group of civic activists in Los Angeles plans to start giving \u201cGang Tours\u201d \u2014 taking busloads of tourists through some of the most dangerous parts of the city \u2014 in hopes of \u201csensitizing people, connecting them to the reality of what\u2019s on the ground.\u201d Critics liken the tours to voyeuristic \u201cslum tourism\u201d in India and Rio de Janeiro. But Gang Tours organizers say they plan on using tour profits to help communities through avenues like loans for inner-city entrepreneurs and sending graffiti taggers to art school.
\nvia Touring Gangland – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We desensitize ourselves from the hard realities of our environment. This is an excellent idea. I’ve been saying that if we required all powerful people to ride in cars with windows down, we would probably have cleaner air. If we also require politicians and rich people’s children to go to public schools we would have a far better education system. There is a saying “out of sight , out of mind”; what we need is to make people who can create major change to feel the pain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Touring Gangland By FREAKONOMICS A group of civic activists in Los Angeles plans to start giving \u201cGang Tours\u201d \u2014 taking busloads of tourists through some of the most dangerous parts of the city \u2014 in hopes of \u201csensitizing people, connecting them to the reality of what\u2019s on the ground.\u201d Critics liken the tours to voyeuristic … <\/p>\n

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