Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Ghetto Tourism

Just saw this from TheWorldsBestEver-

"LA’S MAP TO (GANG)STARS HOME

The next time you’re in L.A., forgo the map to the stars homes and instead embark on the Compton tour."

Now if you want a real OG Ghetto tourist who put his money where his mouth is you gotta check out Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh. While studying at the University of Chicago he got sick of the scholarly, ivory tower approach to sociology and just rolled up into the Robert Taylor Houses of Chicago and ended up living there for 6 years.

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