Lance Freeman - Try substituting a few words in just one of your statements:
"That the store owner was white, (change to: black) in a neighbourhood that is almost two-thirds black (change to: white) ... only served to cement the image of Summerhill as another encroachment of gentrification." (change to: forced integration.) Offensive, isn't it?

If the residents of Crown Heights, Brooklyn don't want to pay $14.00 for a sandwich or  don't care for designer cocktails, they don't have to go there. Simple economics. No need for outrage and protests. No business - no bar.

Why are these articles always written by outraged university professors with books to sell?