Posted on 03/23/2012 8:49:52 AM PDT by Beaten Valve
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Posing like a hip hop mogul when the holes in your pants are real is ultimately self-defeating.
But leave the subject of self-destructive pretense for another time, let’s talk hoodies.
His hoodie killed Trayvon Martin as surely as George Zimmerman did.
Remember when my friend and colleague the estimable Juan Williams got fired from NPR for saying that Muslims formally garbed freaked him out at airports? Juan is among America's sharpest commentators. He wasn't justifying his reaction, he was copping to it. Maybe shock therapy or a semester of sensitivity training could change it, otherwise It is what it is.
No one black, brown or white can honestly tell me that seeing a kid of color with a hood pulled over his head doesn’t generate a certain reaction, sometimes scorn, often menace.
When you see that kid coming your way, unless you specifically recognize him you are thinking ghetto or ghetto wannabe high-style or low-brow wise-ass. Pedestrians cross the street to avoid black or brown hoodie wearers coming their way.
Because this is a teachable moment let me speak plainly.
Whatever Reverends Sharpton and Jackson say in Florida Friday, after listening to the 911 tapes and hearing the witness’ testimonials, I believe Trayvon Martin would be alive today but for his hoodie.
(Excerpt) Read more at latino.foxnews.com ...
BAN HOODIES!
I’m wearing a hoodie right now.
ping for later amusement
Maybe Jerry's mother should have used contraceptives.
Obviously we need a blue ribbon government panel to investigate the possibility of banning the sale and use of hoodies.
Hoodies are the new trans-fat.
Geraldo is an idiot. Sensation monger posing as a journalist.
Hey, Geraldo, I have three words for you: Al Capone’s vault
I quit reading here ...
Geraldo Rivera
you are the classic ambulance chaser
Here is a clue.....
We actually think your a race baiter.... and the only time we see you is when you are dragged out of hiding to present some trumped up crap to “make it real”
EL
Trayvon Martin would alive but for the fact that he was a violent criminal who assaulted a man with a CCW and a 9mm.
Don’t let the facts get in the way of your race pimping, Bergaldo.
Why not? We already know that government can mandate what you purchase. I guess if everyone were to wear little Mao jackets, there would less fear and more solidarity among the glorious workers.
If you don’t want to be mistaken for a thug, then don’t dress like one.
I think that buttfat he injected into his jowles has finally reached his brain.
My, all the little witch hunters are out today, aren’t they?
Not a big fan of the hoodie. Wrecks the peripheral vision. Useful when it is really cold and windy though. This happened in Florida, right? Looking more and more like this was a bad shoot from the bits I hear about it, but there is a point here that if a hoodie make you look like a thug, why would you wear one if you aren’t one.
ALL the people calling for an Arrest and Trial are doing so with NO FACTS OR EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER.
Where we have FACTS of Criminal Wrong-doing (such as Fraudulent Presidential Birth Certificates, and FORGED Selective Service Cards, and FRAUDULENT use of Social Security Numbers, they call the people who ask questions "stupid", "zealots", "Racists", etc., etc.)
Yeah Mr Rivers should have worn a hoodie
ALL the people calling for an Arrest and Trial are doing so with NO FACTS OR EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER.
Where we have FACTS of Criminal Wrong-doing (such as Fraudulent Presidential Birth Certificates, and FORGED Selective Service Cards, and FRAUDULENT use of Social Security Numbers, they call the people who ask questions "stupid", "zealots", "Racists", etc., etc.)
Its been unseasonably warm for Feb-March here in Florida. It is not hoody weather.
Hoodies are worn because masks and trench coats are too conspicuous. They are in effect thug paraphernalia.
If you don’t want to be treated like a thug, don’t act like one.
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