February 2013
1 post
April 2012
9 posts
“A black body in public space must presume its own guilt and be prepared to...”
– Melissa Harris-Perry, Trayvon Martin: What It’s Like to Be a Problem
“Askiri is similarly a young, black man who often wears a hoodie. He also happens...”
– “Askiri and Me,” Abel Habtegeorgis, via the Ella Baker Center.
“What do I say to you?
How do I answer your questions
without inviting you to...”
– excerpt from Apology to My Brown Boy by Bassey.
WatchMelissa Harris-Perry’s Dress Code for Black Safety. An Instant Classic.
“Your apology is accepted. Let me just add one thing with the wearing of the...”
– Tracy Martin, Trayvon’s father, to Geraldo Rivera. (Source.)
“Me, being a person of fashion, I have multiple hoodies of all different colors...”
– Khalil Bunch in Hoodies: Why parents of teens of color have the ‘survival’ talk by Angela Hill
March 2012
38 posts
“The way I dress elicits several responses from different types of people. I...”
– “Heed the Gunshot That Killed Trayvon Martin,” Bianca E. Vega
Rep. reprimanded for wearing hoodie →
A congressman was ejected from the House floor after his attempt to stand in solidarity with Florida shooting victim Trayvon Martin — and draw attention to the scourge of racial profiling — ran afoul of the legislative body’s dress code.
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“What was George Zimmerman wearing when he shot Trayvon Martin? Did his outfit...”
– Roxane Gay, “A Place Where We Are Everything,” The Rumpus
“You don’t have to stop wearing that jacket, E,” I said. “What...”
– My Five-Year-Old is Afraid to Wear a Hoodie,” Bassey, xojane.com
“I love hoodies. But if you believe what you read, only teenage gang members wear...”
– Don’t believe what you read! Jenniper Lipman wants to reclaim the hoodie. Good for her.
Special shout-out here to In the Hoodie, a hoodie fashion review blog.
