Autograph Hounds 0
Chauncey Devega finds the appeal of George Zimmerman’s autograph to be disturbing; I must say, he has a point.
Here’s a snippet–he does not mince words:
Zimmerman’s autograph is a way for his fans and public to idolize him.
Zimmerman’s signed photo is also a way for his supporters to be closer to him, and to “own” part of his “success” and “power”.
The autograph of George Zimmerman, a man who is “famous” only because he stalked, hunted, and killed an unarmed black teenager, is for those who seek it, a validation of their right to kill and murder at will those people that they deem to be the Other and somehow “less than”. The South’s hyper-masculine and racialized norms of honor both legitimate and sustain such logic.
Do read the rest.
