Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Others Wear Hoodies to Support Justice for Trayvon Martin

One of the reasons seeing support for Trayvon in the sports community is important is because race is one of those topics that if you even mention it people accuse you of all sorts of things–from being a racist yourself  to being obsessed with race or, the best of all, wanting something from white folks. The hoodie avatar was an invitation to have others ask questions about Trayvon rather than forcing guys whose main job is talk about sports into a touchy discussion that rarely leaves anyone feeling better about the future of race relations. If you saw Bomani Jones’ timeline this morning then you know exactly what I’m talking about.

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