Thoughtful piece on the issues facing inner city youth

     For most non inner city residents watching the disturbances in Baltimore recently it is hard to know how to respond to violence.   Police actions, poverty, vandalism and youth anger are easy to see but hard to really understand.  Context is harder when most our our environments and experiences are so different.  I recently read a New York Times article that provided some much needed context to understand what happened in Baltimore and other cities in our country.  Here is the link to that article.