Search results for "Trayvon Martin"
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Justice for Marissa! Set her Free! (Read and Sign)
By Zillah Eisenstein October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Marissa Alexander was imprisoned in 2010 for 20 years after trying to defend herself from a...
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Op-Ed: Law Enforcement Violence Against Black Women
Tasasha Henderson Many of us know and remember the names of Sean Bell, Oscar Grant, and Kimani Gray, all young, Black men who were murdered...
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We Can’t Afford to Hate: A Conclusion to the “Love as a Radical Act” Forum
“Darnell, I don’t know if I can do this.” It was July 13. The Zimmerman verdict had just been read. Not guilty. My heart, body,...
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Rashida Harrison on Love as a Radical Act
By Rashida Harrison To be a feminist, for me, is a work of love. However, it was not until I wrote my dissertation, drawing on...
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A Radical Love Letter to my son
By Sarah Mantilla Griffin Dear Son, I love you. I have chosen how to love you. I love you radically, and I hope that this...
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An Open Letter to Our Sister, CeCe McDonald
By Brothers Writing to Live Dear CeCe, This letter to you, sister, is past due. We are late to the struggle. And for that we...
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Dear Facebook Friend: A Primer on Racism
By LaKisha Simmons In response to your racist memes and our ensuing discussion. You believe that race “doesn’t matter in today’s day,” that you treat all...
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#BlackPowerIsForBlackMen: Letters from Brothers Writing to Live
By Brothers Writing to Live We are a collective of black men dedicated to challenging the ideas of black masculinity and manhood through the written...
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if God can Cook / you Know I can: Pedagogy of Those Opting-Out of Oppression
By Carrie Y. T. Kholi As a poet/scholar, I’m having a difficult time labeling this piece. It feels like a tough lesson from my favorite instructors,...
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Op-Ed: Black Elders Need to Stop Demonizing Black Youth
By Aaron Talley Sometimes, I shudder to think that many of the Black elders fighting against Trayvon Martin’s death might have actually held the same...
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Whose (In)Justice? Whose Tears? Whose Peace?
By Zillah Eisenstein I am writing in the hopes of coalition building: civil rights/sex/gender/economic/environmental justice movements. And I am writing while remembering the Central Park...
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Heidi R. Lewis Discusses Race & Racism on KRCC’s “Off Topic”
This month, Heidi R. Lewis was featured on the “Off Topic” radio program discussing race, racism and white privilege with Professor Kathy Giuffre and Professor Idris Goodwin....
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Feminists We Love: Mimi Thi Nguyen
Mimi Thi Nguyen is a feminist scholar, activist, and blogger. She is Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at the...
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Op-Ed: How to be Black in the Age of Obama, George Zimmerman, and Paula Deen: Notes from Summer, 2013
Welcome to the impossible future. White people are talking about race. Sometimes, they’ll even talk about racism. Some will say the word “racism” hesitantly,...
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Originally Amalia
By Amalia Clarice Mora Life is easier, kinder, and more lenient when you are white, and this may be why George Zimmerman decided to downplay...
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Zimmerman’s Freedom and the Charges Against Me
The political nature of my charges cannot be over-stated here. To give human rights to a mechanical entity constructed solely for the sake of...
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In the Aftermath of the Trial
In the wake of the George Zimmerman trial, The Feminist Wire hosted a weeklong forum featuring a variety of essays and perspectives. We felt it...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: The "Unsophisticated" Mirror of Rachel Jeantel
By Lauren G. Parker The prosecution needed to represent Rachel Jeantel as much as they represented Trayvon Martin because her assumed unintelligence and subsequent worthlessness...
