"I Am Not Trayvon Martin" - powerful message from a 'middle class white girl'

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8. I believe she is pointing out that

the t-shirts are not a substitute for prolonged and substantive action.

The t-shirts do show cohesion to a point and one to one particular issue. She is pointing out that there is a long way to go to really achieve meaningful change. If people just take those t-shirts off and don't stay in the larger fight, the Trayvons will keep coming.

I think she has a powerful and valid point. It is a critique of the way we protest, and IMHO a needed one. It jerks up a lot of self-satisfied people who look on t-shirts and marches as the be all and end all of social action. In fact, they are just the start.

Some people with those shirts won't like this. As we say, 'Hit dog hollers.' If people can't stand some introspection, then they will never make it through the real nastiness that is thrown at them. She isn't undermining the protests. She is asking for people to take a deeper look and plant their feet on a firmer and more lasting foundation.