tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post8094471955944009811..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Shades Of Emmett TillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-23568511544424115012012-03-21T01:21:58.217-04:002012-03-21T01:21:58.217-04:00Well-said, Mark.
Breathing while black, dressing ...Well-said, Mark.<br /><br />Breathing while black, dressing while female, not-being-asexual while gay: all seem contested states of existence by the (respective) dominant classes.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-58077439094796938592012-03-21T00:16:06.671-04:002012-03-21T00:16:06.671-04:00I was taught not to run with anything sharp (of co...I was taught not to run with anything sharp (of course, my family's never wanted me to have access to sharp instruments), but that's about it. <br /><br />I often wonder about these caveats that seem only to apply to minorities:<br /><br />She shouldn't dress so provocatively.<br /><br />He shouldn't have been in that neighborhood.<br /><br />He/she shouldn't have made eye contact with him/her, because it might be mistaken as a come on.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-32708631417819100982012-03-20T21:23:20.845-04:002012-03-20T21:23:20.845-04:00I know you can not realy tell anything just by loo...I know you can not realy tell anything just by looking at someone, but every picture of Trayvon shows a beautiful, sweet young man who I would find it hard to think evil of! This is a travesty and a crime and I realy hope something comes of this that somehow makes his senseless death worth something!Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.com