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WHITE PEOPLE WEAR BLACKFACE FOR HALLOWEEN (PHOTOS)

In News on October 27, 2013 at 1:22 am

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It’s 2013 and black folks are still fighting to be recognized as human beings in 21st Century America. Proof that we’re losing this fight can be found in the image above where two white guys dress as Trayvon Martin and his killer for Halloween. In blackface and a hoodie. Yes, the murder of an unarmed black child is now costume for white people just like back in the day when white folks wore our body parts after a lynching. 

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THE DAILY SHOW TOOK TRAYVON MARTIN TO THE EMMY’S LAST NIGHT (VIDEO)

In Lifestyle, News on September 23, 2013 at 9:58 am

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Murdered Florida teen Trayvon Martin made a surprise appearance last night at the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards and most of America missed him. That’s because Martin, depicted as a puppet, was credited as a writer Trayvon Free for the Daily Show in the Best Writing in a Variety Show category along with other Daily Show nominees.

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MURS ON TRAYVON MARTIN: LETS GET PASS ANGRY & GET TO WORK (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, News on July 15, 2013 at 8:24 pm

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Artist Murs took to his Facebook account today to sound off on the George Zimmerman verdict .What he’s saying isn’t pretty but needs to be said. “The verdict that was delivered in the Trayvon Martin case this weekend,” the White Mandingoes member wrote, ” deeply saddened and angered me. As I’m sure it did more than a few of you.”
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TRAYVON MARTIN FOUND GUILTY (DETAILS)

In News on July 14, 2013 at 10:11 am

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Myself and millions of folks woke up this morning with our hearts clenched in a fist after a Florida jury on Saturday night found not guilty a culturally identified white man who stalked and murdered a black teenager because he looked like he didn’t belong in a “white” neighborhood.
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HERE’S THE TRAYVON MARTIN VIDEOGAME YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR (PHOTOS)

In News, TECH on July 8, 2013 at 3:51 pm

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The George Zimmerman trial is nearly wrapped up but pundits who want to know what its like to be his victim can do so via an Android game called Angry Trayvon. The game is published by Trade Digital, Inc. and so far, over 5000 smartphone users have downloaded it.

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FLORIDA COP FIRED AFTER USING TRAYVON MARTIN IMAGE AS TARGET PRACTICE (DETAILS)

In News on April 15, 2013 at 9:31 am

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Florida is the armpit of America so its not surprising that a Florida cop who used images of Trayvon Martin as target pracrice at a gun range has been fired. Fox News is reporting that Port Canaveral Interim Chief Executive Officer John Walsh told WFTV on Saturday that Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice with two other Port Canaveral police officers and a civilian port employee when he pulled out the targets April 4.

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DID DAVID HAMMONS PRESAGE TRAYVON MARTIN WIRH “IN THE HOOD”? (DETAILS)

In News on February 5, 2013 at 9:39 am

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Trayvon Martin would have been 18 years old today had he not been murdered by George Zimmerman in Florida last year. Martin, like all black men in this country, if we are to believe the racists, looked like a criminal, appeared to be in a place where he didn’t belong, posed a threat to the way of life of someone who took the law into his own hands.
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