Trayvon Martin T-shirts: American Outrage, Size XXL
Reporting from Atlanta-- Worried residents have required to blog sites, Facebook and twitter to post their issues about the case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager slain by a neighborhood watch captain in a Florida townhouse advancement.
They have also, notoriously, posted them on their backs.
The Trayvon Martin protest T-shirt has actually ended up being a staple at rallies across the nation, and it's challenging to consider another item of clothes more representative of the nation's twitchy zeitgeist in April 2012. Sometimes it appears as though the old-fashioned medium of cotton has done as much as the Web to spread out the memes associated with the tragedy through the country-- and the world.
Some riff on the imagery of Skittles (the snack Martin was bringing home from a corner store on the night of his shooting), or decry the perceived persecution of people (such as Martin) who use hoodie sweatshirts. Others, perhaps borrowing from last year's failed project to spare the life of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis, simply announce, "I am Trayvon.".
Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, is looking for to trademark the "I am Trayvon" expression, along with the keyword phrase "Justice for Trayvon." At the same time, a mix of outrage and the entrepreneurial spirit is fueling many versions.
The Miami Herald reports that a guy named Joseph McCollum was selling a t-shirt at a Sunday demonstration with Trayvon's face inside the 2008 Obama project logo, including the president's remark about the case:.
"If I had a boy, he would look like Trayvon.".
On the internet, the company redbubble.com sells a hoodie with a version of a "Neighborhood Watch" sign, which alerts, darkly, "WE IMMEDIATELY MURDER ALL SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS.".
Over at shirtscope.com, $14.95 purchases you an easy design with an easy math-inspired statement: "HOODIE (does not equal) THUG.".
An EBay vendor called phototshirts1002012 offers a design including a similarity of the shooter, George Zimmerman, who has actually not been accuseded of a criminal offense, due to Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law.
The shirt checks out: 'STAND YOUR GROUND in the PENITENTIARY.".
The Smoking Gun website, at the same time, reports on the existence of a T-shirt with Zimmerman's image paired with the word "cracker"-- together with a number of demeaning curs, in an evident reference to a tune by the rapper Plies.
Zimmerman's mom is Peruvian. The Smoking Gun notes, wryly, that the shirt-makers, if nothing else, are" [e] xpanding the meaning of 'cracker,'" a term generally reserved for non-Latino whites.
Not to be outshined, an EBay seller named zissou23 offers a black T-shirts online with a big photo of a handgun and the expression: "I AM ZIMMERMAN." Smaller text declares: "STAND YOUR GROUND.".
They have also, notoriously, posted them on their backs.
The Trayvon Martin protest T-shirt has actually ended up being a staple at rallies across the nation, and it's challenging to consider another item of clothes more representative of the nation's twitchy zeitgeist in April 2012. Sometimes it appears as though the old-fashioned medium of cotton has done as much as the Web to spread out the memes associated with the tragedy through the country-- and the world.
Some riff on the imagery of Skittles (the snack Martin was bringing home from a corner store on the night of his shooting), or decry the perceived persecution of people (such as Martin) who use hoodie sweatshirts. Others, perhaps borrowing from last year's failed project to spare the life of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis, simply announce, "I am Trayvon.".
Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, is looking for to trademark the "I am Trayvon" expression, along with the keyword phrase "Justice for Trayvon." At the same time, a mix of outrage and the entrepreneurial spirit is fueling many versions.
The Miami Herald reports that a guy named Joseph McCollum was selling a t-shirt at a Sunday demonstration with Trayvon's face inside the 2008 Obama project logo, including the president's remark about the case:.
"If I had a boy, he would look like Trayvon.".
On the internet, the company redbubble.com sells a hoodie with a version of a "Neighborhood Watch" sign, which alerts, darkly, "WE IMMEDIATELY MURDER ALL SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS.".
Over at shirtscope.com, $14.95 purchases you an easy design with an easy math-inspired statement: "HOODIE (does not equal) THUG.".
An EBay vendor called phototshirts1002012 offers a design including a similarity of the shooter, George Zimmerman, who has actually not been accuseded of a criminal offense, due to Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law.
The shirt checks out: 'STAND YOUR GROUND in the PENITENTIARY.".
The Smoking Gun website, at the same time, reports on the existence of a T-shirt with Zimmerman's image paired with the word "cracker"-- together with a number of demeaning curs, in an evident reference to a tune by the rapper Plies.
Zimmerman's mom is Peruvian. The Smoking Gun notes, wryly, that the shirt-makers, if nothing else, are" [e] xpanding the meaning of 'cracker,'" a term generally reserved for non-Latino whites.
Not to be outshined, an EBay seller named zissou23 offers a black T-shirts online with a big photo of a handgun and the expression: "I AM ZIMMERMAN." Smaller text declares: "STAND YOUR GROUND.".