Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin and the 'Threatening' Black Male
Category: BLACK VOICES
We must address the elephant in the room. Black males have a history in the U.S. of being labeled threatening and suspicious even when they have broken no laws. The legal assumption of innocent until proven guilty rarely applies.
By Ava Thompson Greenwell, Contributor
Associate Professor, Medill School of Journalism at Northweste..., 2012-12-09