Part of the reason folks rallied in reaction to Trayvon Martin’s murder has to do with ideas about who is an appropriate or worthy victim. He was shot by a vigilante, he wasn’t armed, he was a good student, had some class privilege, he was doing something mundane, simply returning from buying Skittles and ice tea. He was “innocent…
There is NO such thing as an appropriate victim. Stop this violence P.E.R.I.O.D. against all humans.
Thank you folks at the blog: "The Crunk Feminist Collective".
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Jueseppi B.
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