A commentary in '' The New York Times '' specifically blames the gated communities for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin as the columnist states that " gated communities churn a vicious cycle by attracting like-minded residents who seek shelter from outsiders and whose physical seclusion then worsens paranoid groupthink against outsiders . " In an influential paper , Vanessa Watson includes gated communities within a class of " African urban fantasies " : attempts to remake African cities in the vein of Dubai or Singapore . In Watson 's analysis , this kind of urban planning prizes exclusionary and self-contained spaces that limit opportunities for interaction between different classes , while worsening marginalization of the urban poor
shooting death of Trayvon Martin
Shooting of Trayvon Martin
Gated community