Tuesday, July 16, 2013

"Can We Stop Promoting Skittles, Arizona Ice Tea and Hoodies?"

When are we gonna stop putting money in the pockets of people don't' look like us... to 'honor' the memory of someone who does?  As soon as the media got wind of the Trayvon Martin case all you heard about was.. 'he was just walking to the store for some 'Skittles and an Ice Tea'... Arizona in fact'.  And just because he had a 'hoodie', GZ thought he looked 'suspicious'.?? NO he looked suspicious because he was an unknown black boy obviously LOST in the rain, trying to get home.

And now, here we are a year later STILL talking about Skittles and Arizona's Ice Tea!!  I wonder how much their stock prices went up, after this tragedy? And we are STILL making them rich. You want to show your 'support' and stand 'united' with Trayvon and his family, do that. I get that. But, please use your brains and stop going with your 'emotions'. Think. Every time someone buys these items; remember that it's not the family who is profiting.

I'm not gonna even mention the increase in Hooded Sweatshirt sales.  TRAGIC!

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  1. can they add TRUTH or AGREE as reaction options at the bottom?

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