Here comes Geraldo with another wince-inducing statement.
"The hoodie was as much responsible for Trayvon's death as Zimmerman," says Geraldo.
He warns parents of Black and Latino children not to let their kids go out wearing hoodies and other clothes that look "gangsta".
"You can't rehabilitate the hoodie. Stop wearing it," he says to the attendees of the hoodie march protests.
The other Fox News hosts nodded knowingly.
Here's another viewpoint. The hoodie doesn't need rehabilitating. Since white parents don't need to warn their kids not to wear a hoodie, apparently the garment alone isn't the problem.
Geraldo went on to discuss the visceral reaction he has when he sees someone with dark skin wearing a hoodie and how he connects it with surveillance video of crimes. The mental connection and reaction are all his own, and rather than owning them, he wants Black parents to do the changing.
I agree that you can't rehabilitate the hoodie. You shouldn't. The hoodie didn't shoot anyone. Stereotypical attitudes like Geraldo's killed Trayvon.
Black children should be just as safe in hoodies as white teens.
Rehabilitate the grownups who don't recognize that.
