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<\/a><\/div>\nOn February 15, 2014, while a jury found\u00a0Michael\u00a0Dunn guilty of 3 counts of attempted murder, they could not reach a verdict on the murder of Jordan Davis.\u00a0During the trial, we here at Rhetoric Race and Religion\u00a0collected editorials and essays\u00a0associated with the trial.\u00a0Now we here at Rhetoric Race and Religion thought we would collect some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span>On February 15, 2014, while a jury found\u00a0Michael\u00a0Dunn guilty <\/span><\/span>of 3 counts of attempted murder, they could not reach a verdict on the murder of Jordan Davis.\u00a0<\/span>During the trial, we here at Rhetoric Race and Religion\u00a0<\/span>collected editorials and essay<\/a>s\u00a0associated with the trial.\u00a0<\/span>Now we here at Rhetoric Race and Religion thought we would collect some of the editorials and essays responding to the verdict. We ask that if you come across some articles please share them with us on our\u00a0<\/span>Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0or you can tweet us<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>@examinereligion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Enjoy.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>1.Michael Dunn: this case was a mistrial?!\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0Why Are White Men Like Michael Dunn So Angry?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
3.\u00a0DEAR WHITE CHRISTIANS OF FLORIDA: AN OPEN LETTER<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
4.\u00a0Michael Dunn\u2019s Racism Couldn\u2019t Be Hidden Behind Stand Your Ground<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
5.\u00a0How Michael Dunn legally got away with murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
6.\u00a0Jordan Davis Was the Victim of A Murderer, Not Rap Music<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
7.\u00a0Michael Dunn and Our \u2018Dirty Harry\u2019 Epidemic<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
8.\u00a0Failure to Convict Michael Dunn of First Degree Murder a Travesty; Must be Rectified in Second Trial\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
9.\u00a0Remembering X-Clan\u2019s \u2018Day of Outrage\u2019 in the Wake of the Michael Dunn Verdict<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
10.\u00a0AN OPEN LETTER TO WHITES AFTER MICHAEL DUNN VERDICT<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
11.\u00a0Justice for Jordan Davis? \u2014 Michael Dunn not convicted of murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
12.After verdict in slaying of Jordan Davis, pastors talk about avoiding new killings\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
13.\u00a0Jordan Davis (1995-2012)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
14.\u00a0Jordan Davis and Florida\u2019s war on young black males<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
15.\u00a0We Continue to Wait for Justice for Jordan Davis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
16.\u00a0Jordan Davis and the heritage of racism<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
17.\u00a0On the Killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
18.\u00a0The Jordan Davis Case: A Prosecutor\u2019s Point of View<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
19.\u00a0Michael Dunn, Jordan Davis and the plight of black boys<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
20.\u00a0I Am Young, Black and Afraid: The Jordan Davis Outcome<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
21.\u00a0From Jordan Davis to Barack Obama: White America\u2019s Historic Problem With \u2018Arrogant\u2019 Black People<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
22. Michael Dunn verdict: The racist system is guilty!<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
23. Romans 13, Michael Dunn and gun-toting citizen vigilantes<\/a><\/span>
24. Michael Dunn\u2019s Letters From Prison: Culture, not Race?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
25. From George Zimmerman to Michael Dunn, \u201cCarrying\u201d Makes People More Violent<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
26. Jordan Davis Verdict\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
27. <\/a>Highlights Need for \u201cRace-Conscious Solution\u201d To U.S. Racism<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
28. Jordan Davis deserves justice<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
29. Black Boy Interrupted<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
30. What We Wanted to Believe: An Open Letter to America (For Jordan Davis)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
31. Choosing Whiteness or Humanity: Jordan Davis and the Minimizing of Black Pain<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
32. Unforgivable Blackness: Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, and Emmett Till<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
33. Verdict in Jordan Davis Case Highlights Continuing Injustice of \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
34. How Not to Lose Another Jordan Davis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
35. Stand Your Ground Post-Jordan Davis Michael Dunn Colorblind Racist Talking Points: Are \u2018Big White Men\u2019 \u2018Stereotyped\u2019 in the Same Way as \u2018African-Americans\u2019?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
36. DEAR BLACK BOYS: A WORD ON JORDAN DAVIS<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
37. JORDAN DAVIS: WHAT IS JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF \u2018STAND YOUR GROUND\u2019 LAWS?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
38. Teaching About the Jordan Davis Murder Trial<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
39. I, Too Am Jordan Davis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
40. Stand Your Ground Has No Moral Ground<\/a><\/span>
41. Why we can\u2019t see Jordan Davis and why it matters<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
42. THE POLITICAL VERDICT ON MICHAEL DUNN<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
43. Michael Dunn, Jordan Davis, and what Florida represents<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
44. From Rodney King to Jordan Davis, When Will Black People Learn?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
45. Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Who\u2019s Next? It\u2019s Time for Us to Heal the Wound of Racism<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
46. Jordan Davis and the Refrain of Black Death<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
47. Many Blacks Misfire on Jordan Davis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
48. An Elegy for Fairness: Jordan Davis, Defiance, and White Entitlement<\/a><\/span>
49. Prejudice isn\u2019t just wrong, it kills<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
50. Why Shouldn\u2019t We Arm Ourselves Against Stand-Your-Ground Shooters?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
51. I\u2019m Dunn (But Not Really) With This: A Few Notes on Strategic Apathy and White Supremacy<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
52. The Bias Against Black Bodies<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
53. The Logic of the Michael Dunn Jury<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
54. Michael Dunn, Jordan Davis, and America\u2019s Racist Heritage<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
55. An Open Letter to Michael Dunn
\n\u2019s Daughter Rebecca from Deborah Smith Simpkins a Mother of Five<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
56. The Murder Case Against Michael Dunn Isn\u2019t The Only Place Where Hip-Hop Is On Trial\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
57. Jane Velez-Mitchell: \u2018Jordan Davis Was On Trial, Not Michael Dunn\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
58. Michael Dunn And Open Season On Black Teenagers: The Onslaught Of White Murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
59. Michael Dunn and open season on black teenagers: The onslaught of white murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
60. On Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn and \u201cWhite Fear\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
61. After Trayvon and Jordan, Who\u2019s Next?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
62. Clarence Thomas, Jordan Davis, And America\u2019s \u201cSensitivity\u201d About Race, Pt. 1<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
63. Michael Dunn verdict and the civil rights schism between blacks and gays<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
64. Time for White Americans To Wake the Hell Up!<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
65. To the (Probably White) Person Who Says It Shouldn\u2019t Be About Race<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
66. An Open Letter to Prosecutor Angela Corey and the Legal Community<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
67. Are Your Children #DangerousBlackKids?\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
68. Do White Folks Fear Violence When Black Folks Are Just Being Blunt?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
69. The Travesty Of Justice In Michael Dunn\u2019s Killing Of Jordan Davis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
70. For Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, is a public debate enough?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
71. Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Renisha McBride: A Call to Action<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
72. Jordan Davis: Thoughts From A Black Teenager<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
73. Race and Murder in America from the Time of Jefferson Davis to Jordan Davis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
74. Who was the real thug in Dunn\/Davis shooting?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
75. Race and the Jordan Davis Murder<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
76. On Michael Dunn, and raising black sons: Jordan Davis\u2019 mother talks to Salon<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
77. Henry Rollins on Young African-American Males: Stop existing. It could get you killed<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
78. Young, Black and Afraid of \u2018The System\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
79. The \u2018Threatening\u2019 \u2018Thug\u2019 Through History<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
80. Valuing Black Life<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
81. Sympathy for the Shooter: How America Has Become a \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d Nation<\/a><\/span>
82. White Christians: Please Stop Denying Your Privilege<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
83. Time for Black parents to update the talk\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
84. Michael Dunn, Zimmerman & Michael Giles: Why Race Still Matters<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
85. Jordan Davis and unarmed blackness<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
86. \u2018I Am Still Called by the God I Serve to Walk This Out\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
87. Fear of a Black Teenager<\/a><\/span><\/span>88. Blacks Have More Reasons to be Fearful than Whites<\/a>\u00a0<\/s><\/span>
89. Black Twitter Uses Social Media To Power 21st Century Civil Rights Movement<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
90. \u201cPost-racial America\u201d is a dangerous lie: Why the fantasy is naive, insidious and deadly<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
91. Fearing Hip-Hop: The Decline of the White Conscience<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
92. Blacks are the hunters, not the hunted<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
93. Trial demonstrates that white fear trumps black life<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
94. When Michael Dunn Compared Himself to a Rape Victim, He Was Following an Old, Racist Script<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
95. Jordan Davis, Colorblind Prosecutions And \u2018Presumed Guiltiness of Black Bodies\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
96. The \u2018Invisible Man\u2019 in the age of Trayvon and Jordan<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
97. Black youth must change behavior to alter perception<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
98. Bill O\u2019Reilly to Blacks: Stop Listening to \u2018Gangsta\u2019 Music!<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
99. Color of Change director Rashad Robinson: Negative images of black men becoming \u2018dangerous\u2019\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
100. Trayvon and Jordan: Why Knowing Their Names Hurts<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
101. JORDAN DAVIS AND THE CONSPIRACY OF MISDIRECTION<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
102. Stand Your Ground in Context: Did the South\u2019s Culture of Racialized Violence and Honor Encourage Michael Dunn to Kill Jordan Davis?<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"