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The #TrayvonMartin Reader

Last updated on: June 24, 2012 at 7:12 pm by Andre E. Johnson

The #TrayvonMartin Reader 2012-06-24T19:12:00-05:00 Andre E. Johnson

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The tragic killing of Trayvon Martin has sparked world wide interest. We here at Rhetoric Race and Religion thought we would collect some of the editorials and essays associated with this tragedy. We ask that if you come across some articles please share them with us on our Facebook page. Enjoy.

1. The Hoodie Cover Up
2. For the Mother of Trayvon Martin
3. The Lamb That Was Slain: The Killing of Trayvon Martin
4. Dear Trayvon…You Will Not be Forgotten
5. No Apologizes: On The Killing Of Trayvon Martin And Being “Good”
6. Trayvon Martin and the fatal history of American racism
7. Trayvon Martin, White Denial and the Unacceptable Burden of Blackness in America
8. His Story: A Poem for Trayvon: Rainbows and Rope Burns
9. In Conversation with History: Speaking Back to Trayvon
10. TRAYVON MARTIN AND THE PARAMETERS OF HOPE

11. Did You Hear What They Said?: 100 years of Trayvon Martin
12. What Everyone Should Know About Trayvon Martin (1995-2012)
13. The Bullet Next Time: An Open Letter to My Unborn Black Son
14. Trayvon Martin Killing and Distrust of Government
15. For black boys, the lesson is hard one
16. Don’t Take Trayvon’s Name In Vain
17. Ahmad Ali Could Be Trayvon Martin
18. Why Gay Folks Should Care About Trayvon Martin’s Case
19. Trayvon Martin 2012
20. Trayvon Martin and American Exceptionalism
21. Is Trayvon Martin this generation’s Emmett Till?
22. Trayvon Martin and dangerous times for black menTrayvon Martin’s death is the tragic result of a misguided law

23. The scariest thing about Trayvon Martin
24. Congresswoman Wilson’s House floor speech on the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
25. Where’s white church outrage over Trayvon Martin?
26. Trayvon Martin: The myth of US post-racialism

27. Tragedy Gives The Hoodie A Whole New Meaning
28. Will Trayvon Martin Be Mentioned in Your Congregation This Weekend?
29. White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin!
30. The Million Hoodie March: It’s About a ‘Right-or-Wrong Thing’
31. Jackie Robinson, Trayvon Martin and the Sad History of Sanford, Florida

32. A NEW STRANGE FRUIT: Martin’s Murder Takes Us Back
33. Repacking the Invisible Knapsack: White Privilege and the Killing of Trayvon Martin
34. WeAreTrayvonMartin: Breaking the silence around racial abuse

35. Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code
36. TRAYVON MARTIN: The 9 Most Striking Cartoons about the Florida shooting tragedy
37. What Does Trayvon Martin and Sanford, Fla. Say About Our Nation Today?
38. What Does Real Justice For Trayvon Martin Look Like?
39.

03/26/business/media/for-martins-case-a-long-route-to-national-attention.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all%3Fsrc%3Dtp&smid=fb-share”>For Martin’s Case, a Long Route to National Attention
40. “See Something, Say Something”: The Case of Trayvon Martin
41. Trayvon Martin’s Death Sparks A Familiar, Fraught Conversation About Race And The Police
42. The Trayvon Martin Tragedy
43. More on Trayvon
44. Black Manhood and the Racist Imagination
45. Trayvon Martin and the Right’s Race Problem
46. Trayvon Martin, White America and the Return of Dred Scott
47. In Slain Teenager’s Case, a Long Route to National Attention
48. Justice For Trayvon Martin: Where Are Our White Faith Leaders?
49. Taking Stock of the Trayvon Martin Case
50. The Trayvon Martin Tragedies
51. Trayvon Martin’s Death Hits Hip-Hop Community Hard
52. How Trayvon Martin Became a Missing White Girl
53. Hoodies and Hijabs: The Untold Tragedy of the Muslim Trayvon Martin
54. Trayvon Martin: Doing justice, having faith in social media
55. An Evangelical Voice for Trayvon
56. Q & A: John Piper on Racism, Reconciliation, and Theology after Trayvon Martin’s Death
57. The Sad Case Of Trayvon Martin
58. Trayvon Martin: License to Kill
59. Liz Trotta: Black Anchors Covering Trayvon Martin ‘Can Only Hurt Their Credibility’ With Personal Stories
60. Trayvon Martin and Race: A Sober Assessment
61. Trayvon Martin and the implicit prejudice of faith
62. Trayvon Martin, America’s Black President, & (Racial) Politics
63. Trayvon Martin, Hoodies, and the Power of Images
64. In Trayvon Martin rant, Pat Buchanan misses the truth
65. In Trayvon Martin Case, Media Need to Examine Their Own Role
66. Trayvon Martin’s Death Cries Out For A Reexamination of Race in America
67. Trayvon Martin was a Good Boy
68. Honor Trayvon Martin’s Death: Declare War on Racism
69. Ethnicity doesn’t matter in Trayvon Martin case
70. Beyond Trayvon: The Murder of Trayvon Benjamin Martin

71. Trayvon Martin and Race: A Sober Assessment
72. Trayvon Martin Coverage Highlights Race/Religion Link in GOP Primaries
73. Fear of a Black Planet
74. The Dropout Nation Podcast: Save Our Trayvons Through School Reform
75. Trayvon Martin Should Open Our Eyes: White Privilege and Racial Profiling
76. Shelby Steele: The Exploitation of Trayvon Martin
77. The Message We’re Missing in the Trayvon Martin Coverage
78. Poll: Trayvon Martin case divides US by race, age, wealth, and politics
79. I Am Not Travyon Martin
80. We are all Trayvon Martin
81. Trayvon Martin and the Muted Voice of the Mainline Church
82. Trayvon Martin and America’s Long, Horrific History of Vigilante Justice
83. On Trayvon Martin, Perceived Identities, and Zombie Imaginaries
84. Playing the Violence Card
85. Bowie mom petitions for justice for Trayvon Martin
86. Trayvon Martin & Conser
vative Talking Points
87. The Harsh Realities of Being Black in America
88. Shaima Al-Awadi – Beyond Hoodies and Hijabs
89. Trayvon and America’s Damascus Road
90. George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, and Me
91. Justice and Trayvon Martin: Where Were White Liberals?

92. The case of Trayvon Martin
93. What the church can learn from the Trayvon Martin tragedy

94. Bill Cosby on Trayvon Martin Tragedy: Blame Guns, Not Race
95. Study: Republicans, whites more tired of Trayvon Martin coverage
96. ‘SNL’ spoofs coverage of Trayvon Martin case
97. In America’s Justice System, White Means Right
98. Stand-in-your-house Rule: A “Different” Take on Trayvon Martin and Violence in the Public Sphere
99. White Pastor Speaks on Travyon Martin Case
100. The Quiet Racism that Killed Trayvon Martin: Reflections from Miami
101. The Trayvon Martin Nightmare
102. Trayvon Martin shooting was not an act of racism, but a community trying to defend itself
103. Lessons on Race From George Zimmerman
104. Sympathy and Trayvon Martin

105. The Trayvon Martin Case and the Medicine of Biblical Compassion
106. Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin and the Resurgence of Injustice
107. Trayvon Martin, The New Jim Crow, and Occupy

108. Trayvon Martin, Matthew Owens, And The Politicization Of Criminal Justice
109. Made In Our America: Letter to Trayvon Martin
110. Our Corner | Trayvon Martin and Racial Tensions Among College-Age Millennials
111. Who Is ‘Racist’?
112. The Media’s Influence on Trayvon Martin’s Case
113. Trayvon Martin and race: Read what CNY teens have to say

114. 20 Years Later: the Los Angeles riots, hip-hop, rage and Trayvon Martin
115. Reading Trayvon Martin
116. Is Trayvon Martin’s death the catalyst of a new movement?
117. I am not Trayvon Martin
118. DEBATING GEORGE ZIMMERMAN’S INNOCENCE AND TRAYVON MARTIN’S TEENAGE SUPREMACY COMPLEX
119. On #Love4Trayvon: Richard Land, Fox News, and Conservative White Race Hustlers
120. Trayvon and Zimmerman: The Structure and Elements of a Disinformation Campaign
121. Trayvon, Dr. Land, & the “Myth” of Racism

122. Trayvon Martin: Between ‘Whitening’ and Bad Law
123. Jay Smooth on Justice in the Trayvon Martin Case
124. Race and criminality
125. Yasiin Bey Ft. Dead Prez and Mike Flo “Made You Die (Trayvon Martin Tribute)”
126. THE TRAYVON MARTIN TRAGEDY
127. Race Matters: Trayvon Martin Case and Fear
128. Trayvon Martin Death: Rethinking Crime and the Role of the Police

129. Trayvon Martin Likeness Made Into Gun Targets
130. After Trayvon Martin: Is It Time to End Racial Profiling?
131. After Meeting with Black Southern Baptists, Richard Land Apologizes Again over Trayvon Martin Comments
132. The Continuing Killing of Trayvon Martin

133. United States: The Murder of Trayvon Martin
134. Report Details Zimmerman’s Injuries on Night of Trayvon Martin Shooting
135. New Evidence: Trayvon Martin Had Drugs in His System

136. Trayvon Martin: A Search for Justice

137. The Demonization of Trayvon Martin

138. Geraldo Rivera: “Trayvon Martin Looks Just Like the People Who Had Been Burglarizing and Victimizing That Neighborhood”

139. The Most Outrageous Aspect of the Trayvon Martin Case
140. What Does the Death of Trayvon Martin Tell Us?

141. Of Children and Inkblots: Trayvon Martin and the Psychopathology of Whiteness
142. Alan Dershowitz Is Wrong: Trayvon Martin’s Alleged Killer Must Be Tried
143. In Defense of George Zimmerman
144. We Are All Trayvon: Why I’m Going To Sanford, Florida
145. Trayvon Martin Case: Four Witnesses Change Their Stories
146. The Politics Of The Trayvon Martin Case
147. Soul-searching for racial justice

148. Were Trayvon Martin Witnesses Coached to Change Their Stories?

149. Sin in the Camp … Where Did We Go Wrong?
150. WHO WAS STANDING HIS GROUND? THE CASE OF TRAYVON MARTIN

151. Deconstructing Biases Behind “Stand Your Ground”
152. Media Effects: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and the Justice of Journalism

153. Black Conservatives Petition Obama On Gay Marriage Stance

154. Justice for all, including Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman
155. NewBlackMan (in Exile): Playing Dead: The Trayvoning Meme & the Mocking of Black Death

156. Media Effects: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and the Justice of Journalism
157. Were the Trayvon Martin Charges Politically Motivated?

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