Friday Fruit (04/20/12)

Hip Hop Cheerleader

On Fridays, BTSF posts links to some of the week's happenings.

It's an opportunity for you to read about racial justice & Christianity from other folks, and for me to give props to the shoulders on which I stand...

Weekly Round Up:

• Racial Make-Up of Jury Pool Impacts Trial Outcome‎

• Media Reporting of Trayvon Martin

• The Problem with the ‘Some of My Best Friends Are Black’ Defense

• Facebook update reveals problem of race and emergency work

• Skin Whitening in Modern Advertising

• Banks Let Black and Latino Foreclosed Homes Waste Away

• How to be a victim…Don't be black

• Muslim-American Comedians Want to Give Americans a Big Muslim Hug with this Movie [Video]

These are some of BTSF's links of interest this week. What are yours?

Feel free to contribute your own links in the comments section, or submit items you feel should be included during the week. Self-promotion is encouraged. 

See Also:
Slavery By Another Name
Breivik: "The Lone-Wolf"/"Terrorist" of Oslo

Incarceration: The New Jim Crow