I've had enough of hoodies

It’s not about hoodies.  So, can we put that to rest?  Please.  I don’t need to see anyone else parade around in a hoodie.  Jennifer Granholm was in a hoodie.  So was Clay Aiken.  Jamie Foxx took a picture of himself wearing a hoodie.  Roland Martin wore one on the air at CNN.  The entire roster of the Miami Heat put them on.  Some Congressman got reprimanded on the floor of the House for wearing one.  Ludacris even sported one.  And it was ludicrous.  It’s all ludicrous … or at least beside the point.  It wasn’t a hoodie that was attacked.  It also isn’t the hoodies fault that Treyvon Martin was shot.   The whole thing really has nothing to do with a hoodie.  Trayvon Martin was shot because he was black and because they have an idiotic law in Florida that allows people to shoot at anything that frightens them.  This puts black folks in a precarious position, because there are a lot of white people running around with guns in Florida (and the other states that would pass such a stupid law) who are frightened of black people.  Mandating uncovered heads isn’t really the best way to guarantee black men a modicum of safety when he walks the city streets.  I would favor not letting folks solve their problems by shooting at them.  I would favor protecting people’s right not to be shot over their right to have and use a gun.  I would also favor having honest conversations about race.  I am not in favor of making the lesson here be sartorial in nature.  Race matters.  Guns kill people.  Hoodies are just clothing.