WAVE PUBLICATION - “For me, those three murders were just — as a white person, a Jewish person — too much. I’m walking around with white privilege. I had the privilege to not see what was happening around me. I was awakened to what African Americans were experiencing. My awareness changed.” Weiner said it was the “sheer innocence of Trayvon and his Skittles,” that moved her.| By Darlene Donloe, Contributing Writer CULVER CITY — The news reports were disturbing to Michelle Weiner. First it was Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Florida teen. Then it was Michael Brown, 18, of Ferguson, Missouri. Then it was Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy from Cleveland. Martin was killed by a vigilante security guard. Brown and Rice […]
