Monday, September 24, 2007 Fencing In Poverty! POST A COMMENT While unequal justice divide folks (down in Jena) -- how 'bout -- putting a fence put up -- along poverty lines (Source Washington Post): In Washington DC when a "fence" suddenly appears between two neighborhoods -- "low-income and subsidized townhouses called Picton" and -- right "Next door, houses of East Village (a degree more affluent)" -- the division becomes polarized by income and self worth! "The six-foot-high black metal barrier tipped with spikes stretched across the asphalt trail that had long connected Watson's Montgomery Village neighborhood with the neighborhood next door." Before the fence, the poorer residents of Picton used the paths to reach the bus stops and swimming pools on the far side of East Village...One wonders if putting up fences (along economic lines) serves to box in both the "have nots" and the "have mores." Labels: Culture, Poverty Divide posted by Henry Cruz at 3:14 AM 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 .