To: DMX
Urge DMX to cancel the "celebrity" boxing match vs. George Zimmerman
Your decision to participate in a celebrity boxing match against George Zimmerman — organized by fight promoter and con man Damon Feldman — is both disturbing and disappointing. We’re sure you were as outraged by Zimmerman’s acquittal as we were. But we will get no justice from more violence, and we do not honor Trayvon Martin by feeding into the stereotype of Black men as violent and belligerent.
Instead of engaging in this disrespectful publicity stunt, join us in demanding a justice system that values and protects Black lives, help us to rid this nation of anti-Black policies like Shoot First and Stop and Frisk, and demand more from a media landscape that demonizes Black men and boys.
DMX, we urge you to do the right thing and cancel the fight.
Instead of engaging in this disrespectful publicity stunt, join us in demanding a justice system that values and protects Black lives, help us to rid this nation of anti-Black policies like Shoot First and Stop and Frisk, and demand more from a media landscape that demonizes Black men and boys.
DMX, we urge you to do the right thing and cancel the fight.
Why is this important?
This latest stunt by Damon Feldman — a man notorious for organizing fixed, unlicensed celebrity boxing matches — will allow George Zimmerman to further victimize a dead young Black man for personal gain. True justice for Trayvon was denied by "Shoot First" laws and a broken court system. Feldman seeks nothing more than to line his pockets from a potentially rigged fight designed to stoke and exploit racial strife. Don’t be a part of this game of media manipulation.