Surely the next step is to bring in the kid’s pants and socks as accomplices, right?
From Rivera’s Twitter:
followed by this gem:
Ignoring his felonious abuse of grammar, a part of me would rather believe that these comments are all part of a meticulously planned career arc that started immediately after the Capone vault stunt. I start to think that, at this point, he’s a few short steps from finishing his transition out of legitimate journalism and into absurdist performance art. I realize that all he needs now is an Andy Kaufman-esque feud with Jerry “The King” Lawler, and he can call it a career.
Then he tweets “Its sad that I have to be the one reminding minority parents of the risk that comes with being a kid of color in America—channel the rage,” and I realize that he’s too much of a damned fool to be that clever.
But seriously, kudos to him for not only finding a way to make himself relevant, but for spinning the discussion away from race and violence and into cotton outerwear. It takes some real work to make your own son ashamed of you.
This article appears in Mar 22-28, 2012.
Straight up homie.. you dress like a thug, you IS a thug. sho’nuff.
I’m a 66 year old retired White stockbroker who wears hoodies from time to time.Should I worry that a “Self-proclaimed neighborhood watch captain” will shoot me for walking on “his” street. By the way,I’m old enough to remember a Jerry Rivers at the UofA before it was fashonable to be hispanic.
What it comes down to is a gun turned a loser into a loser with a gun and inflated image of who he was. I’ve met people who think that a gun makes them a hero in waiting. Geraldo is just a failure trying to find some relevance to justify all of his disappointments.
Geraldo in a Hoodie
http://geraldoinahoodie.tumblr.com/
I saw on the internet shortly after his gaffe a number of pictures of Gerry Rivers (that’s what he called himself at UA) wearing .. hoodies.
Someone commented in one place that he’d probably never set foot in a college classroom and I sure as hell didn’t want to acknowledge he’d attended U of A. Sometimes silence is a virtue. Hey Geraldo, consider that, dude.
He may be a left leaning lib but Rivera is also a paisan of Zimmerman……same race setup……
We should all be glad that in this city we only have about one month of hoodie weather. It prolongs our life expectancy.
Oh Guiseppe… so clueless.
http://www.cafepress.com/+fashion-week+sweatshirts-hoodies
Cafe Mom caters to the soccer mom set. Looks like they are at risk for being gunned down based on your viewpoint
Sometimes, people in the ‘hood wear the prevailing fashion there so they don’t attract the attention of real thugs for standing out like a sore thumb.
#SurvivalStrategiesForTheHood
Burnie Mak,you should run this entire newspaper………….
That’s right, Geraldo. Adapt to ignorance and hatred, rather that call them on it. What a tool.
I often wondered who else the GOP could possibly find to alienate. I never thought hoodie wearers would be the next target demographic. Some things you just can’t make up.