1. “For a man of humble origins who might have lived life as most do – without fame or notoriety – Rodney King will go down in history as a seminal figure in the evolution of America’s criminal justice system.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad (via Rodney King’s legacy was to blast away the myth of a post-racial US)

    “For a man of humble origins who might have lived life as most do – without fame or notoriety – Rodney King will go down in history as a seminal figure in the evolution of America’s criminal justice system.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad (via Rodney King’s legacy was to blast away the myth of a post-racial US)

Notes

  1. ineverthoughtaboutitlikethat said: What a loss. I don’t think they will UNDERSTAND or TALK ABOUT how painful this loss is and what it TRULY SYMBOLIZES about this country and its pseudo-belief about bootstraps and second chances. He was still criminalized by America.
  2. schomburgcenter posted this