"Black face Trayvon Martin costume with George Zimmerman counterpart. Shame on us for expecting more." These are the opening lines from Raven McGill's poem, "Meanwhile, in Post-Racist America," which she recited for the 2015 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California. In it she passionately critiques people who wear offensive and racially-themed Halloween costumes and uses the disturbing Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman costumes from 2013 as an example. In the poem McGill explains h...
Poet Nails Why Offensive Halloween Costumes Are Never A Good Idea
The Huffington Post - 20 Oct 2015 23:30
"Black face Trayvon Martin costume with George Zimmerman counterpart. Shame on us for expecting more." These are the opening lines from Raven McGill's poem, "Meanwhile, in Post-Racist America," which she recited for the 2015 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California. In it she passionately critiques people who wear offensive and racially-themed Halloween costumes and uses the disturbing Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman costumes from 2013 as an example. In the poem McGill explains h...
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