which they performed
in front of city council.
Dawonta White was in the seventh grade
for that performance.
(Recording) Dawonta White: We was wearing
black with hoodies because Trayvon Martin,
when he was wearing his hoodie,
he was killed.
So we looked upon that,
and we said we're going to wear
hoodies like Trayvon Martin.
(Recording) EA: Who came up
with that idea?
DW: The group. We all agreed on it.
I was a little nervous,
but I had stick through it though,
but I felt like it was a good thing
so they could notice what we do.
(Recording) EA: Shraivell Brown
was another choreographer and dancer
in "Hoods Up."
He says the police criticize
people who look like him.
He feels judged based on things
other black people may have done.
How would you want
the police to look at you,
and what would you want them to think?
SB: That I'm not no threat.
EA: Why would they think
you're threatening?
What did you say, you're 14?
SB: Yes, I'm 14, but because he said
a lot of black males
are thugs or gangsters and all that,