2013: The year in pictures – CNN.com

 

July 3: Assistant State Attorney John Guy, left, and Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda display the hooded sweatshirt worn by teenager Trayvon Martin on the night he was shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. A jury found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

The bullet hole is right over his heart.

See on www.cnn.com

Waitress denied tip for ‘gay lifestyle’ – CNN.com Video

Waitress Dayna Morales says she was stiffed on a $93 bill because the family she served didn’t approve of her lifestyle.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I see. The customer was happy to be served by this woman who they didn’t approve of, but then didn’t want to pay for the service.

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Black Woman Shot to Death for Asking for Help in a White Neighborhood

Last Saturday morning at around 2:30am 19-year-old Renisha McBride got into a car accident in Dearborn Heights, a predominately white Detroit suburb. Because her cell phone battery was dead, she went to nearby home for assistance.

See on jezebel.com

Weight Stereotyping

Weight Stereotyping article from Glamour Health and Diet by Sharon Dreisbach.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

People are always judging people, and often the judgements are wrong.

 

@getgln

See on radicalhope.wordpress.com

“Yeah, I shot that kid” – An 8 Year Old ‘Trayvon Martin’ Was Just Shot

“CBS News 11 in Dallas, Texas is reporting that an 8 year old African American boy was shot in the face while playing a game of ‘tag.'”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

horrific

 

I was trying to find the name of the European-American who shot the African-American teen through the truck because his music was too loud; before I could find that I found that last month a 33-year-old Merritt Landry (European-American) shot a 14-year old unarmed Marshall Coulter (African-American) in the head. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/29/homeowner-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-new-orleans-after-shooting-teen-he-says-he-thought-was-breaking-into-his-home/

 

I follow @gundeaths on Twitter and most of the shootings don’t make the main stream news.

See on politicalblindspot.com

Savages according to the 1959 Golden Book Encyclopedia

The Golden Book Encyclopedia was the best-selling children’s encyclopedia in America ever. The 1959 edition sold throughout the 1960s. It is the oldest encyclopedia in my possession – and it writes…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Above is an except from Abagond’s blog.

I didn’t know an encyclopedia actually used the word ‘savages’ to describe any group of people.

I knew the word ‘savage’ had been common in speech; but in ‘professional’ writing as well!?

Who wants to bet that when you turn to the page on Europeans – it does not describe them as savages even though Europeans have commited savage acts throughout history and up to today.

@getgln

See on abagond.wordpress.com