The Hoodie Becomes Culture War Flashpoint
Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was fatally shot Feb. 26 in a gated community in Florida. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt at the time of the shooting, which has led lawmakers, celebrities and and private citizens to weigh in, many while wearing the piece of clothing.
- In recent days, a couple of blogs emerged on the service tumblr featuring people wearing hooded sweatshirts such as I am Trayvon Martin and I Could Be Trayvon. Here are a couple of recent posts to those sites.
#iamtrayvonmartin How suspicious do I, the mother of a 24 year-old son who could very well be Trayvon Martin, look? #justice4trayvon #millionhoodies- News reports talked about the "Million Hoodie" march in New York's Union Square last week. That spurred six NY state lawmakers to also wear hoodies as reported in this article, linked below.
NY Lawmakers Wear Hoodies for Fla. TeenSix New York state lawmakers donned hoodies in the Capitol chamber Monday to express their outrage at the deadly shooting of a black yout...- Celebrities took to Twitter to express their thoughts on the death of Trayvon Martin, including P. Diddy, Chaka Khan and others. The entire Miami Heat team also posted a picture of the team in hoodies on LeBron James' twitter account, linked below.
Justice for #TrayvonMartin, our babies, our priceless gems! open.spotify.com/track/592EByx9…Super Life
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I didn't know wearing a hoodie made me a target---> instagr.am/p/Ii3Otkpl4m/ #trayvonmartin #MillionHoodies RT TO THE WORLD!!
Still trying 2 understand how the heck #TrayvonMartin was supposedly up 2 no good walking home on the phone w/his gf w/skittles & tea.- As of March 27, Change.org had reached over two million signatures in their petition to arrest George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Fla.
- Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon ... - Change.orgOn February 26, our son Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked to a family member's home from a convenience store where he...
