Killing Trayvons
Author | : Kevin Alexander Gray |
Publisher | : Counterpunch |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 0692213996 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780692213995 |
Rating | : 4/5 (995 Downloads) |
Download or read book Killing Trayvons written by Kevin Alexander Gray and published by Counterpunch. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skin privilege. When you're block it seems the hardest thing to explain whites. Even the most conscious or liberal whites sometimes don't quite it. Or as Langston Hughes once said, "A liberal is one who complains about segregated railroad cars but rides in the all white section." The killing of Trayvon Martin in February 2012 rang yet another alarm about the costs of that privilege. Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence tracks the case and explores why Trayvon's name and Geo Zimmerman's not guilty verdict symbolized all the grieving, the injustice, the profiling and free passes based on white privilege and police power Trayvons, male and female, known and unknown. Book jacket.