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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the F**K is that "I Am George Zimmerman" thing doing on the Home Page?!?!?
I know there are racist, gun-crazed murderous thugs out there lining up to show solidarity to that putrid, trigger-happy waste of DNA, but do we have to grant them space on OUR Home Page?
Did the NRA and the KKK not have the pixels???
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What the F**K is that "I Am George Zimmerman" thing doing on the Home Page?!?!? (Original Post)
Aristus
Apr 2012
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)1. Look at it. Watch the video. It's not at all what you think.
It's a high school girl speaking very eloquently about white privilege.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)2. Didn't bother to click on it, I'm guessing?
peacebird
(14,195 posts)3. Watch the video. It is very thoughtful and thought provoking.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)4. OK I get why you are mad...
I was too. But, I watched the video. The girl is trying to make the point that if you are white and privileged you can't be Trayvon or Troy Davis. I think she is well intentioned. But, I also think that it's racially divisive to really believe such things. We should be moving toward racial unity not saying how people of any race should feel when a minority is killed.
Aristus
(66,445 posts)5. Uh, no. I acted without thinking.
Does that make me a 'reactionary'?
ingac70
(7,947 posts)6. Watch it please...
for chrissakes.