Just a bit of the scene at a peaceful, yet powerful rally crying for justice in Nashville, TN. March 24, 2012.
The uproar over the shooting of Trayvon Martin shows no signs of abating anytime soon. And there's plenty of outrage here in Nashville, as evidenced by Saturday's Trayvon Martin rally in Nashville, shown in the video above.
As the comments to this Pith post from last week make clear, readers on all sides of the issue have a lot to say. The post discussed Molly Secours' take on the issue, and recalled her eerily prescient 2006 story about knee-jerk suspicion of black males in hoodies. Furthermore, Secours took on the issue of white privilege, and offered a sample question from a quiz she was developing on the subject.
Over the weekend, Secours spent some time working on the White Privilege Pop Quiz, and she's up to about 15 questions. Here are a few more samples:
A) When was the first time you were made aware of your racial identity and realized that your 'race' would play apivotal role in the challenges you faced on a daily basis.
1) 1-5 2) 6-10 3) 11-present 4) never
Discuss: How old were you? What happened? What kind of Impact did it have on you? How did it change your hopes, dreams and goals?
