The George Zimmerman trial is the worst fear of every black family

The Guardian ^ | July 7, 2013 | David Dennis

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Trayvon Martin case has been nothing short of heartbreak from the very beginning. Regardless of what anyone believes about Trayvon's past, his innocence or George Zimmerman's, the fact remains that a teenager is dead. I honestly didn't think I would get emotionally broken up more than I was over the story that Rachel Jeantel's friendship with Martin stemmed from the fact he was one of the only people who never picked on her. The story painted such a tragic picture of friendship and two people whose lives will never be the same.

Then came this week's testimonies and reactions from Trayvon Martin's parents to leave me – and so much of America – floored. On Friday morning, Sybrina Fulton took the stand to talk about her son. As part of her testimony she had to identify her child's screams in his finals seconds of life. Later in the day, Tracy Martin had to sit in court as the medical examiner, Dr Bao, explained how Trayvon died in severe pain and was alive for minutes after getting shot in the chest.

Essentially, Friday – almost as much as the day Trayvon was shot – was any parent's nightmare. Trayvon's parents had to come face to face with their son's murder while Fulton got questioned over whether or not her son actually deserved to get killed. Tracy had to sit in the same room as the man who shot his son in the chest, unable to retaliate or let the rage he has to be feeling out.

Yes, this is the worst imaginable day for a parent. But it's one the parents of an African-American child has been conditioned to accept as a possibility....

David Dennis

[stevem]

The George Zimmerman trial is the worst fear of every black family

This is an honest question. Do black families even exist in 75% of the cases?

[2ndDivisionVet]

I guess it depends on your definition of family.

[SaraJohnson]

The author is a black racist sympathizer.

The “cracker” took out St. Skittles, the knock out king. In the end, St. Skittles ain’t all that racially superior after all.

[Steve_Seattle]

re Trayvon "revenge" crimes

I checked out three or for of those incidents myself, and confirmed them all. As you say, NONE became national news. Nor, necessarily, should they have been, just as the Martin/Zimmerman incident should never have become the national - even international - issue that it is.

The video of the man being punched, knocked to the cement, and stripped was particularly inflammatory, as was a video I saw - on another thread - of a gang of blacks robbing a white woman, knocking her to the pavement, then kicking her in the face when she tried to get up.

NONE of these incident - which could be multiplied almost ad infinitum - ever trigger a "national discussion" or constitute a "teachable moment." Why? Because they do not conform to the dominant media theme that we live in AmeriKKKa.

[FirstFlaBn]

Remember way back in 1994 and the OJ trial, when almost 100% of blacks insisted on the prosecution proving guilt (way, way) beyond a reasonable doubt?

Remember how they insisted on a clear chain of custody of the evidence?

Remember how they all insisted the integrity of the system must be upheld and the verdict respected?

Ahhh, the Good Old Days.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Ahhh, the Good Old Days."

Actually, that was the first time I realized that there is still a HUGE gulf between black and white perceptions in this country. I don't remember the exact figures, but it was something like 90% of whites thought Simpson was guilty versus only 40% of blacks, or some such huge split. That was both depressing and frightening, because it suggested to me that many blacks are impervious to reason - not because of some biological defect, but because of paranoia drummed in by the incessant racial negativism of the black and white liberal leadership.

[lepton]

Not directly the same, but related...

“Here’s Williams’ roadmap out of poverty: Complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be a law-abiding citizen. Among both black and white Americans so described, the poverty rate is in the single digits.” — Walter Williams

Rates of incarceration for children of black two-parent families are a little worse than for whites....but only by a few percentage points.

[imardmd1]

From the article:

Yes, this is the worst imaginable day for a parent. Wrong. The worst day for Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton is the day they finally stop the phony denial and publicly accept and confess that they have bred a teenage murderer through their own failure to form a moral character in their get.

[Gluteus Maximus]

While most parents are up at night wondering how to protect their children from the uncontrollable like drunk drivers or muggings, Trayvon's parents, my parents and parents of black males across the country are also living in fear that their children won't come home because someone thought they were dangers to the community.

That's nothing short of unhinged. The big fear that the parents of young black males have is not that they'll be shot by some Hispanic "vigilante" like Zimmerman, but that they'll be gunned down by other black males in perfectly mindless, anomic violence.

This comment is the very essence of the Left's narrative-over-reality paradigm. Black-on-black violence doesn't fit their preconceived "blacks' problems are caused by ongoing oppression by whites" and so they simply ignore the slaughter of young black men at the hands of other black men. It's nothing short of insane.

The depths of the liberal delusion is truly astonishing.

[Slings and Arrows]

Comment self-deleted.

Lunch self-evacuated.

[Greysard]

“I’m staying with my dad. He lives right over there. His name is ...” That was all he had to say.

He didn't even need to go that far. He could have said "Sorry, Sir, but I have no reason to discuss this matter with you, since I don't know who you are. I suggest you summon a peace officer if you are so concerned." Or he could have said nothing at all - nobody is required to talk to strangers who have no LEO identification. TM got in trouble this time not because of his speech, but because of his attempt to murder GZ.

[GOPJ]

Does The Guardian know what’s happening in Chicago on any given night?

The hundreds of black teens killed in Chicago in any give year don't matter ...

Those Chicago black dead bodies can't be used by the MSM to punish conservatives... can't be used by democrats to gin up black hatred to keep vote numbers high - can't draw attention away from high black unemployment numbers - can't do crap. Can't do crap FOR democrats.

So they don't matter. Not at all...

[GOPJ]

Black kids get killed every day by black kids. I doubt their biggest fear is a Latino in a white neighborhood.

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

[Slings and Arrows]

They can still vote.

[GOPJ]

They can still vote.

LOL - yes -multiple times...

[absalom01]

I’m left with the impression that I’m missing something important about the way the media can’t seem to let this story go. Now, after a couple of weeks of testimony, where it is clear to any unbiased observer that Zimmerman is manifestly not guilty of “murder”, didn’t follow Martin, didn’t start the fight and only resorted to deadly force when he was on the ground, beaten and choked, they still can’t drop the narrative.

Why would the Guardian commission this piece? I guess the author delivered what was wanted, but is it just to sell papers? Surely there’s a bit more organization behind all of this.

[doug from upland]

It is a shame that the left has conditioned so many black families to believe they are victims in America. To an enormous extent, those days really are over. White Americans do not sit around the breakfast table in the morning thinking “What can I do to a black guy today.” We are too busy simply trying to live our lives and earn a living. It sounds like you are not burdened by that victim mentality crap. That certainly makes for a better life, doesn’t it?

[AlanGreenSpam]

When Zimmerman is acquitted, all the TrayBama sympathizers are going to hit the streets and riot like there’s no tomorrow.

The ugly side of the race baiters will backfire on them.

Bring it on!

MLK: “Judge not a man by the color of his skin but by the content of his character”

Obunga: “Judge not a man by the content of his character, but by the color of his skin.”

[imardmd1]

Adding to Post #108:

And that one day it may occur to them as some kind of epiphany filtering through their befuddlement, that they have been conned by their own BGI peddlers. Their greed is the fulcrum of incalculable damage not only to George Zimmerman, his wife, and his kin; but also to the very fiber that barely yet holds our society together in the last days of unity centered on the inestimable but fading value of a human soul.

It is not at all clear that they have the intellectual equipment to entertain the concept without further measures that would take them aside for a complete self-examination.

[Smokin' Joe]

I doubt their biggest fear is a Latino in a white neighborhood.

I reckon that depends on what they are up to...