As a sort of a follow up to Ares Kalandides’ article “The Killer Argument: “You’re a bloody Gentrifier!” posted last Friday, I would like you to consider the following scenario:
1) You are wearing a woolen hat (even though it is summer and nobody knows why).
2) You are listening to mainstream electro music through your ‘over-the-top’ headphones.
3) You are wearing large, anti-glare sunglasses.
4) You are carrying a shoulder bag made out of old tarps. And its most important content is your Macbook.
5) You brought your iPhone (so you can Tweet every 10 minutes).
6) You are drinking a Chai Latte to go (with soy milk).
7) You are walking around in cool sneakers (that are made only in the U.S.A.).
If one or all of these things apply to you, you may in fact be a Kiez Killer or a “killer of the neighborhood”. At least this is what one local artist in the Berlin neighborhood of Neukölln thinks. Continue reading
