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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo what is Geraldo really saying when he says
don't let your kids wear hoodies? THAT IT'S DANGEROUS ? So now he's admitting that it's dangerous just to be dressed the "wrong way"?
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So what is Geraldo really saying when he says (Original Post)
EC
Mar 2012
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Yep. Sort of like, "Don't let your wimmens wear low cut dress, less they get raped."
MrScorpio
Mar 2012
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Vincardog
(20,234 posts)1. He is saying BLAME THE VICTIM
librechik
(30,674 posts)2. ...and girls, be sure not to dress provocatively, cuz you might get raped.
It's definitely blaming the victim, and Geraldo should be ashamed. Besides, Trayvon didn't put on the hoodie (at his girlfriend's urging) AFTER Zimmerman began chasing him.
Geraldo is mostly wrong about things. Who knows why he keeps his job. Must be the moustache.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)3. Yep. Sort of like, "Don't let your wimmens wear low cut dress, less they get raped."
Six of one, half dozen of the other.
rurallib
(62,426 posts)4. from what I saw of what he said, it's all right if you're white
any other shade, you may be dade (er .. dead that is)
JI7
(89,252 posts)5. that he was asking to be shot just like she was asking to be raped
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)6. "He asked for it". Like a rape victim in a mini skirt.