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President Obama: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me”
These comments were made in the briefing room without a teleprompter. A heart-felt delivery that bookends the President’s Philadelphia race speech during his first campaign for President.
One In Four Young Black Men Recall Recent Unfair Police Treatment, Gallup Finds
By Nicole Flatow Almost one in four young black males have experienced recent unfair treatment by the police, according to a newly released Gallup Survey. Among black males between ages 18 and 35, 24 percent said they recalled an instance within the … Continue reading
Inside our racist brains
By Maya Wiley George Zimmerman may not be that different from the rest of us. In fact, research shows that college students and most everyone else are more likely to shoot a Black man holding an object like a wallet, … Continue reading
Biggby Coffee Terminates Michigan Teen Employee After ‘Horrific’ Trayvon Martin Tweet
By Kate Abbey-Lambertz A teen who tweeted an offensive statement about Trayvon Martin learned the hard way this week that social media can have professional consequences, when a Michigan company took immediate action and terminated her before she had even … Continue reading
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Putting Casual Racism on Trial
By Aura Bogado During her now-infamous CNN appearance, Zimmerman case Juror B37 made clear that, in her opinion, most people would have reacted the way that George Zimmerman did the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. If she meant that a … Continue reading
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We Are Trayvon
By Benjamin Todd Jealous One and a half million people. As of this morning, more than one million, five hundred thousand people have signed an NAACP petition asking the Department of Justice to pursue federal and civil rights charges against … Continue reading →