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Trayvon Martin and Young Wolf

25 Sunday Mar 2012

Posted by Anastasia in Afro-Animal

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African Americans, masculinity, racism, speciesism, white privilege, whiteness

What do these individuals have in common?

One was a young black male human and the other a young male gray wolf.  Both of them were killed this year in February.  Both of them belonged to groups that have been historically “treated like animals” and are still today targeted through suspicion of acts of violence.  Continue reading →

Afro-Animal: Our Shared Struggle

01 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by Anastasia in Afro-Animal, Animal Lives, Healing & Empowerment, Interspecies Community

≈ 5 Comments

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African Americans, animal rights, black community, social justice

In 1906, black man went on a killing spree in Asheville, NC, killing six humans, some black, some white.  The city issued a two-day manhunt to find him.  When they finally found him, rather than put him to trial, the police lynched him on the spot.  He has since become an object of paranormal urban legend, with any memory of his race forgotten, save within the black community.

His name was William Harris. Continue reading →

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