Know your role (Check out Juror B76)

[Horse with no Name]

Last edited Mon Jul 15, 2013, 06:11 PM - Edit history (1)

Black folks...did you realize there is a new rule in town? Sundown. You know what that means. Black mothers know what that means. You don't have to just fear the law profiling you, you have to fear overzealous bigots profiling you and executing you and a jury giving them the hall pass to do it.

Wimmen? You are not smart enough to control your own reproduction. Please sit back and allow the white men to decide what is best for you. Don't worry your pretty little head about matters that don't concern you.

I sure wish we had some type of government entity that would step in when civil rights are being violated. Of course, that is just wishful thinking....

[edgineered]

1. they even made him talk to lawyers. nt

[Skidmore]

2. The little town in Illinois I where I grew up had a sundown law on the books until the Civil Rights

laws went into effect then it was removed. There were all sorts of racist and misogynistic laws back then, laws I thought we'd seen the last of. They are coming back though and it is scary...for all. We need to stand united--peoples of all colors and gender. We need to stand united.

[Horse with no Name]

3. Our town had a sign posted on the outskirts

and I remember the kids passing around photos of lynchings like they were baseball cards when we were in school.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. I urge everyone, if they haven't already done so, to read Sundown Towns, by James Loewen.

Synopsis:

From Maine to California, thousands of communities kept out African Americans (or sometimes Chinese Americans, Jewish Americans, etc.) by force, law, or custom. These communities are sometimes called "sundown towns" because some of them posted signs at their city limits reading, typically, "Nigger, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On You In ___." Some towns are still all white on purpose. Their chilling stories have been joined more recently by the many elite (and some not so elite) suburbs like Grosse Pointe, MI, or Edina, MN, that have excluded nonwhites by "kinder gentler means." When I began this research, I expected to find about 10 sundown towns in Illinois (my home state) and perhaps 50 across the country. Instead, I have found more than 440 in Illinois and thousands across the United States. This is their story; it is the first book ever written on the topic.

http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/sundowntowns.php

[Horse with no Name]

5. When that juror said "why was he out so late?"

it sent a chill down my spine because I know exactly what a sundown town was and I would bet a dime to a dollar, she did too.

Thanks for the link.

[Horse with no Name]

6. and of course...without a doubt

our town is on that list.

They took the sign down a long time ago...for aesthetic reasons....but, EVERYONE remembers it being there and are quick to remind "those" that may not be aware.

[Skidmore]

7. Shamefully I can find my hometown on

that list. Thanks for the link. The Civil Rights movement was ths most important social change event since the Civil War. Yet it feels like we need to do it all over.

[Horse with no Name]

8. Yep. n/t

[Bragi]

9. Thanks

Cripes, I didn't know anything about this. (Excuse: I'm a Canadian in Canada) Thanks for posting.

[OneGrassRoot]

10. I never knew this. Thank you. I have a question...

Above you commented about the juror who asked why Trayvon was out so late.

I'm trying to find a link to that -- something that shows a juror asked that question (because it was only between 7:00 and 7:30 PM, right?).

I'd love to know more about that juror and her age, as you suggested.

Thanks.

[Horse with no Name]

11. I hope this helps

from what I understood, the Judge denied the strike and she made it on the jury

B76 - Strike by prosecution because she had asked why Martin was out late buying candy. The judge denied the strike.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/george-zimmerman-trial_n_3471341.html#988_going-throught-the-list-of-potential-jurors

Edited to add:

Zimmerman Trial - Trial Juror # B76 (Has Been Sworn As Juror!) Her Voir Dire

[OneGrassRoot]

12. Thank you so very much. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

13. I just added an edit where she was sworn in. n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

14. Got it. Thanks again. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

15. bump n/t