Archive for March, 2012

Trayvon Martin

The privilege and silence of white “beyond evangelicals”

Trigger warning: racism, racialized violence, silence and enabling around racial violence. [Ed note:] I’ve been really appalled (not to say surprised) by the silence from most prominent white evangelicals – liberal, moderate, and conservative – on the Trayvon Martin case. There are a few popular white Christian bloggers and publications [...]

by × March 24, 2012 × 3 comments
Rally and march to demand justice for Trayvon Martin in Union Square New York on March 21.

Trayvon Martin

Trigger warning: racialized violence, details of the murder of a child. Eta: you can contribute towards the legal fees for Trayvon’s family and a foundation in his memory here. I recently shared the following excerpt from Audre Lorde’s essay “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” on the AWH tumblr: [...]

by × March 17, 2012 × 20 comments