There has been a lot of discussion lately in the media about the so-called "state of race relations" in our country as sparked by the Trayvon Martin shooting and verdict outcome. Much of the discussion has centered around whether "race or racism" played a significant role in the incident, with those on either side of the argument steadfast in their convictions.
Stand Your Ground
This video, which was released yesterday on the popular "Funny or Die" website, uses humor and satire to further comment on the outcome of the Trayvon Martin case, the case law utilized in the trial, and those groups who support them.
Omi and Winant argue that "a project can be defined as racist if and only if it creates or reproduces structures of domination based on essentialist categories of race" (71). According to this definition, the actors in the video are accusing the Stand Your Ground Law and by extention the NRA, of being racist in its construction not because of any initial intent to serve as a justification for discrimination, but rather because of its role in propagating outcomes which maintain the structure of White dominance in society.
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