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Today I was hopeful. I was hopeful because I witnessed several NFL teams defy our current president, DJT, who a famous sports host labeled correctly a “racist and white supremacist,” and who a famous NBA star called “a bum.” DJT had, even before he was elected, ignited a national sense of urgency to resist social injustice in the so-called “mighty USA.”
"Jim Crow with a spreadsheet is still Jim Crow." How statistical bigotry leads to racial profiling.
The Trayvon Martin Invitational became a symbol of solidarity for a community battered by the killings of two unarmed, young black men.
Secretary Walters met with demonstrators camping outside the office of Gov. Rick Scott in protest of the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws.
After a lull nationally in the protests erupting in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict, things seem only to be heating up in Oakland.
Here in South Jamaica, Queens, people haven’t been raising their voices in response to the George Zimmerman verdict – they’ve been pulling out their guns.
You would never think a walk to the store would get you killed, right? Well, that was what happened to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin...In my own personal experience as a young black male I sometimes get the sense that other people judge me on my appearance...At times I feel self-conscious, wondering if people on the subway or street automatically wonder “Is he a troublemaker? Should I hold onto my phone tighter?”
Trayvon Martin wasn’t from any of New York City’s five boroughs, but his death and the acquittal of the man who shot and killed the unarmed teen resonated with many residents -- black, white, and Latino -- as if he was one of the city’s own.
For a parent of a black child, specifically a black male child, this trial pulled the scab off of painful memories...Black, young and male in America means you will not get a break.
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Florida teen Trayvon Martin in February, turned himself into authorities late yesterday after prosecutors announced he would face second-degree murder charges in a case that has sparked protests around the nation. The announcement by state prosecutors came 46 days after local Sanford law enforcement decided not to charge Zimmerman in the shooting, citing Florida’s “stand your ground law.”
His attorney, Mark O’Mara, said Zimmerman would plead not guilty to the charge, the Washington Post reported. If convicted, Zimmerman could face a maximum sentence of life in prison under Florida law. Martin’s parents applauded the arrest. “We wanted nothing more, nothing less, we just wanted an arrest – and we got it,” Sybrina Fulton, Martin’s mother, said at a press conference on Wednesday.