Letters to the Editor » robert champion http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters Your views in 250 words or less Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 TRAGEDY: Where’s outrage over hazing incident? http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2012/06/07/wheres-the-outrage-for-robert-champion/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2012/06/07/wheres-the-outrage-for-robert-champion/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:46:54 +0000 Steve R. Litten http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=46653 When Trayvon Martin was shot, many in our country came together to protest and show solidarity for the family.

Why hasn’t this happened for Robert Champion, the drum major who died after being hazed? That too is a tragedy! Why is his death not being protested all over the country? Is it because the color of the perpetrators’ skin? Where is the outrage?

Both are horrible tragedies, why don’t we treat them the same way? The “hoodie” became a symbol for Trayvon. Where is the symbol for Robert?

Why haven’t all the drum majors in the country marched in …

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]]> When Trayvon Martin was shot, many in our country came together to protest and show solidarity for the family.

Why hasn’t this happened for Robert Champion, the drum major who died after being hazed? That too is a tragedy! Why is his death not being protested all over the country? Is it because the color of the perpetrators’ skin? Where is the outrage?

Both are horrible tragedies, why don’t we treat them the same way? The “hoodie” became a symbol for Trayvon. Where is the symbol for Robert?

Why haven’t all the drum majors in the country marched in protest?

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