I’ve never referred to the hood on my jackets and coats before as a hoodie. Since it has been mentioned a lot in our nation’s discourse I’ve been compelled to write that I will not let anyone intimidate me into not wearing my hoodie on a jacket or coat that I’ve bought specifically for its use.
I will not give up wearing my hoodie on my jacket or coat.
Trayvon Martin’s (age 17) death have sprouted all sorts of twisted dialogue about the way he died, the way he lived, and, on the misfortune and defenseless George Zimmerman (age 28), who at the time was armed and in a car (the safest place he could have been, considering all things). Yet Mr. Zimmerman ended up being the guy on the ground yelling help (according to a witness), with a broken nose and a gash on the back of his head, and still able to be in possession of the gun that shot Martin. None of this makes good sense to me. I imagine that I’m not alone.
The left have propelled this tragedy to a level where the vigilante groups have a bounty out on Zimmerman’s head, dead or alive. Radio and TV talk show hosts on the right blames Martin’s death on his hoodie. It seems they are afraid the public outcry will cause the banning of guns.
Still, a young teen-ager is dead. A tragedy that could have been avoided.
I will not let anyone intimidate me into not wearing my hoodie. We’ve all worn them. Ever since our mom’s and dad’s wrapped our stinking butts up and laid us in a cradle.
STOP with the fear and intimidation, please!
I could write more on this but while I was typing this one out I came across readytochangenow‘s post here – “It’s not them – it’s you; how fear is destroying us”. This is a passionate post that ends with a proposal for change. Please take a few minutes to read it.
R.I.P. Trayvon Martin
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None of this makes good sense to me. I imagine that I’m not alone. You said it there. None of this ever will make sense as long as vulture media twisting the truth
http://alien360.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/dont-let-race-hustlers-deside/
Exactly. Thanks for your feedback.
Trayvon Martin’s death was preventable.
http://hammerheadcombatsystems.org/2012/03/24/the-discretionary-mindset/
I totally agree. Thanks for your feedback.
The continued tragedy of this situation is that it will happen again unless we learn not to fear, stereotype and prejudge a situation or a people because of how they look or the color of there skin. My prayer is that we learn something from this tragic situation that will cause some sort of change. I believe it will take the coming of the Kingdom to see a permanent change.
BE ENCOURAGE! BE BLESSED!
I couldn’t have written or said it better, Francine. Just the mere fact that they were both, legally, in a gated community speak volumes about FEAR. One probably felt safe being there (Trayvon), the other lived there, in fear (Zimmerman) . Thanks for your feedback.
I briefly heard about this over here in London and I couldn’t believe it. Such a horrible situation. I’ve always used the word hoodie and I will continue to wear mine as well. Thanks for writing about this.
You’re welcome, TBM. Thank You! – for taking the time to read my post and sharing your thoughts. It is an unbelievable situation, all around. We just can’t let fear and intimidation stop us from doing something as natural as covering ourselves from the elements. If we cave in to this, what other thing will they try to use? Fear is injected into our lives everyday, from the food we eat to rumors of wars. Enough is enough!!
Ok, ranting is over. Thanks for listening.
RIP Trayvon…. my heart goes out to his family. As for the haters, God help them too.