Ever since news broke about George Zimmerman shooting down Trayvon Martin in that gated community outside of Orlando, I’ve had Bob Dylan’s song, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, going through my head. Maybe it’s just that Zimmerman’s name sounds to me like that of William Zantzinger, the privileged young tobacco farmer in Maryland who […]
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The Lonesome Death of Trayvon Martin
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Ideas, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged blame the victim, Bob Dylan, bourbon, dextromethorphan, Elton John, George Zimmerman, Hattie Carroll, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, race, race inequality, racism, Robert Zimmerman Sr., shanties, Steve Allen, The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, Trayvon Martin, white privilege, Zantzinger 30 Comments