Yesterday, MSNBC’s The Cycle debated the likelihood that an acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin would result in riots in the black community. One guest asserted civil unrest will not come about as a result of the acquittal alone, but preexisting conditions of poverty and humiliation may be inflamed by a not guilty verdict. She specifically cited state-level “Stand Your Ground” laws which have the effect of “humiliating” and endangering African-Americans and Latinos.
MSNBC host Touré began by asserting that those commentators warning of riots were insulting members of the black community with the insinuation that African-Americans could not react to a not guilty verdict nonviolently.
He said that this belief is similar to the profiling that he asserts Zimmerman engaged in when he determined Martin was a threat. “It almost always is accompanied by economics and people saying, ‘We don’t have any other way to speak,’” he added. “That’s what happened in LA [in 1992], not just the acquittal.”
MSNBC contributor Maya Wiley agreed. She noted that the unemployment rate in the black community is nearly twice the national average. “It’s not that we don’t have some of those conditions,” she said.
“One of the things that people are looking for in this case is as a nation are we going to pay attention to the fact that 24 states have ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws – sometimes they’re called ‘make my day’ laws,” Wiley added.
“Those are some of the conditions that are producing what, really, what I would call a process of humiliating people who are black, people who are Latino, and putting them in physical danger like Trayvon was in,” she asserted.
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– Why he wrote the article
– Why he feels that Perry’s presentations reflect a number of negative stereotypes of Black men and Black women
– How does he feel about Perry’s portrayal of Black men in his movies – What Perry’s movies success with Black women mean
– His distinction between Perry the man and Perry the work
– Are Whites who go see Perry’s films laughing with Blacks or at Blacks?
– Should we as Blacks allow, endorse and support work and material that damages our representation and our image regardless if they are Black?
– Do the Tyler Perry’s of the world have a responsibility to produce product that shows Blacks in a positive light?
– His suggestions for Perry
Zero Gun Violence Movement – A City-Wide Collaboration For LifeLouis March
Louis March is one of the driving forces behind Toronto’s “Zero Gun Violence Movement”.
The ambitious and bold movement kicks off with a 90-day summer campaign that will aim to re-engage the public, businesses and institutions back into their respective communities. The summer campaign will call for new resources from corporations, facilitate communication between community organizations and create a central data bank of all programs and services geared towards youth.
During our conversation, Louis talks about:
– Some of his background
– How have the problems for Blacks in Toronto changed over the years
– How his journey as a community servant begin
– Why did he start the “Zero Gun Violence Movement”, how it came it came to exist and the work that has been done already in having many organization support the cause and working together
– The goals of the movement (re-engagement, collaboration, celebrating and recognizing the positive and education and awareness)
– The root causes for the lack of collaboration amongst some Black Toronto community organizations
– Some of the root causes of the gun violence
– What can the Toronto Black community do to stop gun violence
– Who is the movement targeted to
– The state of the Black man in Toronto at this time
For more information about the “Zero Gun Violence Movement”, go to:
In America, many are saying that the failure to invest in Black males threatens America’s real-world economic future and national security. Click on the link below to read more.
In the courtroom where George Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder, race lingers awkwardly on the sidelines, scarcely mentioned but impossible to ignore. Click on the link below to read more.
