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Hoodies in the Classroom

Examination of Racial Profiling in the Trayvon Martin Shooting and Implications for Education

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Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice

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Harrell (1999) asserted that the formal education system is a primary mode of transmission of racist ideology. As such, it is important to consider the impact of the discourse around racism and the experiences of people of color on the dispositions (Villegas, 2007) of teacher candidates.

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Simmons, C., Baggett, H., Eggleton, S.R. (2014). Hoodies in the Classroom. In: Fasching-Varner, K.J., Reynolds, R.E., Albert, K.A., Martin, L.L. (eds) Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice. Teaching Race and Ethnicity. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-842-8_31

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