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Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice pp 7Cite as

Viciousness

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Part of the book series: Teaching Race and Ethnicity ((RACE))

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My mere existence reminds me of viciousness: My being in America reminds me of theft; My skin tone reminds me of rape; My normal anxiety reminds me of past and future dreams deferred; My everyday reality is vicious.

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  1. Bryan Ellis
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  1. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner

  2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

    Rema E. Reynolds

  3. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Katrice A. Albert

  4. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    Lori L. Martin

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Ellis, B. (2014). Viciousness. In: Fasching-Varner, K.J., Reynolds, R.E., Albert, K.A., Martin, L.L. (eds) Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice. Teaching Race and Ethnicity. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-842-8_2

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