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Coping with Trayvon pain: 10 ways to heal your broken heart
By Terrie M. Williams With the senseless killing of Trayvon Martin, we once again find ourselves mourning a young Black spirit taken from us far too soon. As survivors, we are charged with honoring Martin and the countless others we’ve lost by standing … Continue reading
Trayvon Martin And Why The Right-Wing Media Spent 16 Months Smearing A Dead Teenager
By Eric Boehlert Appearing on Fox & Friends in the wake of a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, Geraldo Rivera’s claim that Martin brought about his own death by dressing in a hooded sweatshirt the … Continue reading
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Tagged bias, Daily Caller, Florida, Fox & Friends, Geraldo Rivera, race, racism, Trayvon Martin, twitter
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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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Tagged Biggby Coffee, George Zimmerman, Livonia, Michigan, social media, Trayvon Martin, twitter, unemployment
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Pharoahe Monch – Stand Your Ground
This song is inspired by the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin.
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Tagged hip-hop, Lee Stone, music, Pharoahe Monch, protest, protest song, Trayvon Martin
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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
The Zimmerman Acquittal: America’s Racist God
By Anthea Butler The not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case has me thinking a lot about a book I first encountered in seminary, Is God a White Racist?, by the Rev. Dr. Bill Jones. As a budding seminary student, … Continue reading
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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.