The Very Sight Of Them Disturbs
Sammy Bell San Francisco, CA Blazing Saddles is a satirical comedy by Mel Brooks that mocks racism, elitism, class-ism, cronyism, and sexism in a western...
Hi I’m George, what’s your name?
Larry Taylor Webster, TX Six words which could have saved a young man’s life.
Man tried for shooting black teen.
KK Boas Austin, TX Associated Press says “A man with a gun. A black teen, shot dead” ABC news says “The trial of a Florida...
Why not start at the beginning?
Susan Roedl Minneapolis, MN Like much of the country I’m sad and confused at the Trayvon Martin verdict. How can George Zimmerman claim self defense...
My son won’t be a victim.
Jevon Heyliger Washington, DC My son is 2 years old and I refuse to believe he’ll grow up on a world full of George Zimmermans....
I just want to scream, cry
Bruce Beckerink Franklin, TN I’m scared and disappointed. To Juror B37 – if Zimmerman “got the ball rolling” but “went over the top” how is...
Conversations about race are existentially dangerous.
Martin MacKenzie Clackamas, OR I think these discussions have become so politically charged that no on can escape danger to one’s job, civil liability, or...
Race separates: it should unite us.
Elizabeth M Shontz Parker, NM I was on a murder trial several years ago. This is serious business and if there is not enough evidence...
All young black men are suspect
Gina Carusi Omaha, NE People keep saying the Zimmerman verdict was not about race. Until we admit that this society views all young black men...
White male. Wear hoodie. Not afraid.
Chris Santa Barbara, CA As a father who lost a child, my heart breaks for travon’s parents. Injustice doubled.
Don’t shoot; I live here too.
S. Lindsey Hermitage, TN I guess in lieu of the jury’s verdict, if you live in a nice neighborhood and you are a black man...
So scared that “Zimmerman” was Jewish
Anonymous USA Child of holocaust survivors, saddened by all hatred
Zimmerman verdict made me “the other.”
Christina Wong Seattle, WA I’m a second generation Asian American woman who married into a Caucasian family. I have always felt Americanized and never really...
Invisible “Whites Only” signs are everywhere.
David Moser Seattle, WA My own wrestling with the meaning of the Zimmerman verdict has reminded me of this passage from James Baldwin’s A Talk...
Zimmerman’s acquittal is now his hoody.
Cindi Lagoudakis Petersburg, AK I’m still shocked by this verdict. And it’s sad and ironic that George Zimmerman, in playing judge and jury, has sentenced...
I would have pulled the trigger.
Alex Seattle, WA I’m a short biracial woman. I would never have followed Trayvon. But if it went down like the jury thinks it went...
