Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin
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- Glitterati_Duane0
@ Utopian. Geraldo does have a good point. My parents used to warn me about not dressing "professionally" at work when I was kid because of the way black people are perceived. I still stick to that today. I wear a tie a lot in an industry where most of my colleagues dress far more casually. Part of the reason for that is because I like to dress that way but another part is that sadly my race lessons my credibility and I'm aware of that. On the other side, I grew up listening to hip hop and tend to dress like that in my down time. When I'm relaxing I should be able to wear whatever I want the same as anyone else. This shit has got to stop. I'm not breaking any laws so I refuse to change who I am because "society" is afraid of my race.
- <locustsloth
- A very fair and balanced response, unfortunately both sides play against it or use it their advantage when needed. Sad but true.utopian
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