The Trayvon Martin case was iconic. It forced the country to stare unflinchingly into a family's grief and the biases of a nation that created the conditions for it. Suspicion Nation expertly captures the state of a country conflicted not only about the Trayvon Martin injustice but divided over issues of race, violence, and gun legislation.
The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It
Hardback
Publication Date: 25/02/2014
Many thought the election of our first African American president put an end to the conversation about race in this country, and that America had moved into a post-racial era of equality and opportunity. Then, on the night of February 26, 2012, a black seventeen-year-old boy walking to a friend's home carrying only his cell phone, candy, and a fruit drink, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch coordinator.
The Trayvon Martin case was iconic. It forced the country to stare unflinchingly into a family's grief and the biases of a nation that created the conditions for it. Suspicion Nation expertly captures the state of a country conflicted not only about the Trayvon Martin injustice but divided over issues of race, violence, and gun legislation.
The Trayvon Martin case was iconic. It forced the country to stare unflinchingly into a family's grief and the biases of a nation that created the conditions for it. Suspicion Nation expertly captures the state of a country conflicted not only about the Trayvon Martin injustice but divided over issues of race, violence, and gun legislation.
- ISBN:
- 9781619023277
- 9781619023277
- Category:
- Social discrimination & inequality
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 25-02-2014
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Counterpoint
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x158x30mm
- Weight:
- 0.59kg
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