I was going to say Paula Deen from a distance, but I like yours better.
I could very easily be Trayvon. I'm a rape survivor, and if a creepy ass man I didn't know was following me in a truck, and then again on foot, I would have tried to claw his eyes out, no questions asked.
I call bullshit on that. They agreed with her during deliberations, so I don't get how they can just release a statement and be like "Oh, she doesn't speak for us" when they AGREED WITH HER. If she didn't speak for them, it would be a different verdict or a hung jury.
I personally want her to write the book. And I love the fact that she's so open and free to express how she and the jury really felt because she's cloaked in anonymity.
So basically, Trayvon had no right to stand HIS ground. That's what she's saying. And since she's the one that said Stand Your Ground was such a big factor in their decision, it makes the verdict even more ridiculous. If I'm going to have to deal with racism either way, I'm so sick of this subtle shit.
Didn't she call him a boy of color? Which is awful damn close to colored boy.
I just like to point out that the marathon bomber and Adam Lanza are characterized as "boys who had horrible things happen to them to make them monsters. SOMETHING MUST HAVE GONE WRONG. WHO DID THIS TO THESE POOR BOYS?!?!?!?" but Trayvon Martin smokes some weed, got suspended from school (full disclosure: I did both…
Just remember that Angela Corey is the same person that personally prosecuted Marissa Alexander and then took a back seat and didn't so shit during this trial. How convenient. Also, her track record with charging black juveniles as adults is abysmal.
Yes! My friend and I talked about this at length after the verdict. With GZ's history, and because I fucking believe Rachel Janteal, I really think that the approached Trayvon, and when Trayvon, obviously and rightly, questioned what in the living hell this creepy guy wanted, he tried to put him in a citizen's arrest…
My mom said the same thing when we were talking about this! She was like "does this woman have a crush on him? Why is she so comfortable with George, but can barely say Trayvon's name?"
My mom said the same thing when we were talking about this! She was like "does this woman have a crush on him? Why is she so comfortable with George, but can barely say Trayvon's name?"
....and please disregard the fact that we voted with her.
....and please disregard the fact that we voted with her.
I'm sorry, but I just get this vibe from her that she would have shot Trayvon a whole lot sooner.
Zimmerman is a white latino who benefits from white privilege. He looks white and he has a white name. He has continuously been given the benefit of the doubt since he shot Trayvon and believed over any considerations for a dead kid. Meanwhile, I'm a black latino (hence my name) that looks black and has a latino name,…
But, it didn't apply to Marissa Alexander, who was pretty damn close to one of your examples, and got 20 years for it. Just how "useful" is a law if it's applied unfairly?
I just wanted to point that out and not give those people any page views or attention. Like I said, what he said is absolutely disgusting, but not all that surprising. Just like there's major issues of racism in feminism and the LGBTQ rights movements, there's a lot of sexism in the civil rights movement. Just the…