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23. "Hoodies Up", she~

Thank you so much for this news from The Grio on Justice4Trayvon..

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From the outset, Maree capitalized upon social media to forward his call to action, transforming ideology surrounding the hoodie from criminality to solidarity, from danger to power.

Accordingly, Maree criticizes those in the media like Geraldo Rivera and Don Lemon, who’ve attributed racial disharmony to peripheral actions such as wearing hoodies or sagging pants and using the n-word. He says these opinions shift focus from the root of the problem.

In particular, Maree feels Lemon’s recent statements on CNN’s No Talking Points were “inappropriate” and ill timed.

“It’s irresponsible for Don Lemon to say those things as a national TV host and, frankly, as an African-American,” says the activist. “[His statements] take the stance that to be an African-American, or black culture itself is somehow devious. It reflects the comments that Bill O’Reilly and Geraldo Rivera have made, which essentially are blaming the victim.”

I'm very much against the trying to "blame the victim" mentality..

Thank you again, she And, Good on Harry Belafonte( great pic of all of these peeps)~