Garment became associated with racist stereotype, prompting some to embrace the hoodie as a statement of ‘racial pride and defiance’
On the ninth anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death, the racial conversations in America around the hoodie continue.
The garment has been long associated with a racist stereotype of criminality in Black communities and a device for racial profiling in the United States. Martin was wearing one on 26 February 2012 when he was shot dead by a neighborhood watchman in Florida while out buying a pack of Skittles.
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