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Post by Ray Higgins on Apr 1, 2012 11:04:39 GMT -6
Apparently a student at latech wrote an article about the Treyvon Martin Shooting and it was so bad that the tech administration removed it from the website. Click the link and see responses to the article. *************************************************** Controversial column removed The Tech Talk staff and the Department of Journalism faculty have removed a controversial personal column from The Tech Talk online edition. The explanation for the removal is below. We regret the controversy the March 29 opinion piece has caused. Please note the views presented in the personal column by editor-in-chief Rebecca Spence, “Putting the hood in ‘hoodie,’” are not the opinion of The Tech Talk or journalism staff. This was a personal column that reflected one person’s opinion. The department and the newspaper take responsibility for allowing the article to be printed without proper review. The staff acknowledges that some of the facts of the case as presented in the column were not attributed and the content of the column lacked balance. We also acknowledge that as time progresses, the facts of the case continue to evolve and be disputed. The newspaper staff and journalism department support the editor’s right to freedom of speech. However, we made a mistake and we take responsibility for that. We will review our editing and publication procedures so that this will not happen again. Despite the controversy caused by this column, we condemn the personal threats Ms. Spence has received. We understand the need to address issues with sensitivity and compassion. Hopefully, this can be a learning experience that can teach and pull people together. Please leave comments at tech...@latech.edu www.thetechtalk.org/?p=5159&fb_source=message
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Post by damack on Apr 1, 2012 16:06:21 GMT -6
racism at tech??? i'm shocked...
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Post by D-Dogg on Apr 2, 2012 10:12:40 GMT -6
Full removed article below:
A hoodie is supposedly partially to blame in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The teenager was killed in the shooting death while walking home from the store with a bag of skittles and an iced tea in his hoodie pocket. George Zimmerman, the shooter and head of his neighborhood watch program, said he fired out of self-defense.
Information indicates Martin had approached Zimmerman and started the fight, Zimmerman claims self-defense and has not been arrested. The reason many groups are speaking out about Zimmerman is because in his call to 911 to point out suspicious activity in his neighborhood, he mentioned the suspect (Martin) was wearing a hoodie.
When religious groups and Martin supporters found this detail out, the country seemed to break out in support for Martin and his family. Many churches wore hoodies in remembrance and there was a Million Hoodie March in Union Square in Manhattan March 21.
Not only in remembrance, some groups saw the hoodie comment as a sign of racial discrimination. The New Black Panther Party even offered a $10,000 reward for Zimmerman. Members of Zimmerman’s neighborhood told authorities that before the shooting he went door-to-door warning residents of the neighborhood to look out for young black men who appear to be outsiders. Martin fit this description and suffered his life because of it.
The shooting started with a suspicion; it was dark out and a person in a hoodie was following Zimmerman. Would you be suspicious or a little frightened if a person was following you in a hoodie, regardless of race? I know I would.
In no way am I commending Zimmerman’s actions or even approving of them. A situation should be looked into more in depth before guns or harm is involved. This is why the Grand Jury is scheduled to hear the case April 10. Even if Martin came after him, Martin was a 17-year-old boy. This is no reason to pull out a gun and shoot.
If Martin was not wearing a hoodie with the hood on, his life could have been spared. Hoodies with the hood on have a bad connotation, like it or not.
Also, information has leaked that Martin had multiple school suspensions and had been caught with marijuana as well. Martin’s record is not 100 percent clean as previously stated.
Graffiti artists, rappers like 50 Cent, actors from the hood in movies and various gas station robbery videos have proven that hoodies are often associated with people who are up to no good. This could be because a hood, in a sense, hides identity. If your identity is hidden it is most likely because you do not want people to see you doing whatever you are doing, which is suspicious.
So is Martin or Zimmerman the root of the problem? Both of them are. Zimmerman obviously takes on the bigger chunk, for pulling out a gun and shooting, regardless of reasoning. Martin is as well, for acting suspicious. For following Zimmerman, as reports have concluded, approaching Zimmerman and wearing a hoodie with the hood on.
Holding both subjects at partial fault is a viable option. The support and remembrance of Martin is applauded greatly, but defending the hoodie’s innocence is ignorant. Even the word hoodie sounds suspicious and can be easily associated with hoodlums and the hood.
Do not look suspicious if you have nothing to be suspicious about, especially in the circumstances of Martin and Zimmerman.
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Post by dsn on Apr 2, 2012 16:11:37 GMT -6
Tech should have taken the article down because it was completely inaccurate with reports...Treyvon was not following Zimmerman....Treyvon was being FOLLOWED. Then the article went on to GENERALIZE.
Glad someone at Tech had nuts.
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Post by Rico Rivers on Apr 13, 2012 5:56:39 GMT -6
Isn't Zimmerman a Jewish name? IF so, why is the the murderer, George Zimmerman, being portrayed only as a Hispanic male in the media? Could it be a ploy to further convince the public that a Hispanic (a fellow ethnic person) could no way be racist? If he were to be referred to the race of his father (White, with a Jewish faith) would this drum up more Black and Jewish division? I don't know about many of you, but when a Mexican/Latino is "light enough" they go under the banner of white.
Hell, some of them are almost as brown as I am and still claim to be white. White supremacy has impacted people of color around the globe. I will bet you a dollar to a donut, that Zimmerman does not consider himself to be Hispanic. I would love to see some old job applications to see what box he checked in the category of race/ethnicity.
For him to consider himself Hispanic (eventhough his mother is Hispanic) with a white and possibly Jewish father who is a judge, would be a step down racially and ethically for him. He has lived the life of a priviledged white man. I just can't see himself describing himself as a proud Hispanic. We have the same denial going on in the black community. Hell, alot of these blacks don't even have white parents and are in denial about their race.
So, I know Zimmerman, in his mind, does not connect with his Hispanic roots/culture. That night, a Hispanic did not ignore the 911 operator when he plainly and directly told him, "We don't need you to pursue the person." It was an arrogant, racist White/Jewish man who ignored that directive in order to carry out his mission of murdering a black man. Wow! Talk about the not so secret relationship between blacks and Jews.
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Post by T Brown on Apr 13, 2012 15:50:49 GMT -6
Isn't Zimmerman a Jewish name? IF so, why is the the murderer, George Zimmerman, being portrayed only as a Hispanic male in the media? Could it be a ploy to further convince the public that a Hispanic (a fellow ethnic person) could no way be racist? If he were to be referred to the race of his father (White, with a Jewish faith) would this drum up more Black and Jewish division? I don't know about many of you, but when a Mexican/Latino is "light enough" they go under the banner of white. Hell, some of them are almost as brown as I am and still claim to be white. White supremacy has impacted people of color around the globe. I will bet you a dollar to a donut, that Zimmerman does not consider himself to be Hispanic. I would love to see some old job applications to see what box he checked in the category of race/ethnicity. For him to consider himself Hispanic (eventhough his mother is Hispanic) with a white and possibly Jewish father who is a judge, would be a step down racially and ethically for him. He has lived the life of a priviledged white man. I just can't see himself describing himself as a proud Hispanic. We have the same denial going on in the black community. Hell, alot of these blacks don't even have white parents and are in denial about their race. So, I know Zimmerman, in his mind, does not connect with his Hispanic roots/culture. That night, a Hispanic did not ignore the 911 operator when he plainly and directly told him, "We don't need you to pursue the person." It was an arrogant, racist White/Jewish man who ignored that directive in order to carry out his mission of murdering a black man. Wow! Talk about the not so secret relationship between blacks and Jews. Maybe by saying that he was hispanic would soften the response from the black community about the racial profiling charge. If he was going by "white", the possibility of being charged with a hate crime would be enhanced.
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