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MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY MOCKS GERALDO FOR BLAMING TRAYVON MARTIN'S DEATH ON HIS HOODIE
HUFFINGTON POST, March 25, 2012 -- MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry mocked Geraldo Rivera's incendiary comments about slain teenager Trayvon Martin with biting sarcasm on Saturday.
Martin was unarmed when he was shot to death by a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer. His killing and the controversial police handling of the case have provoked outrage across the country. On Friday, Rivera created a firestorm when he said that Martin was partially responsible for his death because he was wearing a hoodie. "I'll bet you money, if he didn't have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn't have responded in that violent and aggressive way," Rivera said.
Harris-Perry hit back at those remarks on Saturday when she presented the "MHP dress code for black safety."
On Harris-Perry's list of wardrobe no-nos for young black men: red and blue because they could be mistaken for gang colors ("try mauve, turquoise, or even salmon if you're daring"); and saggy pants, which are liable to fines in some parts of Louisiana, Georgia and Florida ("if the cops don't get you, your parents are sure to get mad for costing them all that money").
Last but not least on the list, she said, were those "pesky hoodies." She replayed a clip of Rivera's comments from Friday.
"Oh clearly, Geraldo knows of what he speaks," she mocked. "Did you see that sharp suit? Although I would caution him on those shades of blue I saw. Hoodies are an absolute no."
Martin was unarmed when he was shot to death by a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer. His killing and the controversial police handling of the case have provoked outrage across the country. On Friday, Rivera created a firestorm when he said that Martin was partially responsible for his death because he was wearing a hoodie. "I'll bet you money, if he didn't have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn't have responded in that violent and aggressive way," Rivera said.
Harris-Perry hit back at those remarks on Saturday when she presented the "MHP dress code for black safety."
On Harris-Perry's list of wardrobe no-nos for young black men: red and blue because they could be mistaken for gang colors ("try mauve, turquoise, or even salmon if you're daring"); and saggy pants, which are liable to fines in some parts of Louisiana, Georgia and Florida ("if the cops don't get you, your parents are sure to get mad for costing them all that money").
Last but not least on the list, she said, were those "pesky hoodies." She replayed a clip of Rivera's comments from Friday.
"Oh clearly, Geraldo knows of what he speaks," she mocked. "Did you see that sharp suit? Although I would caution him on those shades of blue I saw. Hoodies are an absolute no."
i am a conservative on this issue.................
when i and my friends DRESS as the majority of the 2 Billion Muslims in the world dress at an Airport, Train Depot, Bus Depot, Government Office, anywhere --- WE get the staring, the legalWeapon guys out, and we are profiled and considered guilty...............
so if a urban kid wears URBAN clothing in the SUBURBS, he should have enough sense to UNDERSTAND --he is guilty!
-- THAT IS WHY THE selfDefense LAW was written-----for suburban citizens to shoot a menacing urban citizen.........................................!!!!
oh how stupid hippity hoppity, low pants and hoodies IS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
-------- this is an American story that NEEDS outrage:
ABC News
A woman from Iraq who was found beaten, lying in a pool of blood in her in El Cajon, Calif., home next to a note saying "go back to your country," has died and police are investigating her death as a possible a hate crime.
Shaima Alawadi's 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious on the dining room floor of her home Wednesday. She was taken to the hospital and put on life support, but she was taken off life around 3 p.m. Saturday.
where are the internetHype and marches for an American Citizen of 5 children?