walking while black - Trayvon Martin

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/politics/c...index.html

Washington (CNN) -- A congressman was removed from the House floor Wednesday after giving a speech about Trayvon Martin while wearing a hoodie.

I don't see a problem making a display of solidarity using one's attire. The hoodie in this case has become a valuable symbol and can be used to unify. Like pink ribbons worn for breast cancer and yellow ribbons for P.O.W.s the hoodie had a symbolic reference to the words being spoken. I only wished for a reenactment of the scene from 'Dead Poets Society' where Robin Williams came to empty his desk and the students stood on their desks in solidarity out of respect for what he stood for. All doing this while the teacher slammed his fists on his desk demanding that they sit down.