Trayvon Martin would have been 31 years old today. Instead, he was murdered by a racist. The rally for Trayvon in 2012 was the first of many rallies Tin attended – he snapped this photo of himself. I think of Trayvon Every. Single. Time. I. See. A. Black. Boy. In. A. Hoodie. Because that’s why we were at the rally – racist folks believed Trayvon’s hoodie was just cause for being shot.
I remember President Obama said, “He could have been my son.” Yes, I thought the same, he could have been my son.
I’ve tried to focus on racism where it has been institutionalized because when racism lives in the heart of a human being, well, that is a much harder thing to hope to change.
May Trayvon’s memory be a blessing.
His death was certainly a cautionary tale for me.
