Posts Tagged ‘stand your ground’

Choosing Whiteness or Humanity: Jordan Davis and the Minimizing of Black Pain

And so a despairing ritual has once again played out, and once again in a Florida courtroom, where apparently some number of jurors find it difficult to accept that a young black male might not be to blame for his own murder; that his killing might actually have been completely and entirely unjustified. Then again, […]

Clip 5: Tim Wise on MSNBC with Melissa Harris-Perry, 7/20/13: The Racial Implications of Stand Your Ground, Part 2

Clip 5: The racial implications of Stand Your Ground laws, on MHP, 7/20/13 Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Clip 4: Tim Wise on MSNBC with Melissa Harris-Perry: The Racial Implications of Stand Your Ground Laws, 7/20/13

Clip 4 with Melissa Harris-Perry, discussing the racial implications of “Stand Your Ground” Laws in Florida (and elsewhere) Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy