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no thanks. i’ll stay with the law-abiding people who don’t burglarize other peoples’ homes, and train mma so that they can deliberately get into fights with other people.””””

I don’t think I am alone in these thoughts:

I don’t have any common ground with the Trayvon Martins of the world.

I speak ENGLISH- I don’t mumble Ebonics.

I know how to work for an employer. I show up on time or early & am prepared to do the job at hand for which I was hired.

I could not have even been hired for any job I have held if I had not attended school & paid attention to my classes & learned some skills which I could bring to an employer. I actually learned ‘cursive’ in about 5th grade & at age 19, I already had been working full time over 18 months.

I shower & brush my teeth EVERY DAY & pay attention to my personal grooming.

I don’t wear clothes that expose my underwear with the pants crotch hanging down to my knees.

My hair is properly groomed.

I take care of the items I own. I don’t expect others to provide me with an Obamaphone—food stamps—free medical—etc. I still own items in my household which I bought & paid for myself—and some of which are over 50 years old.

I don’t steal.

I don’t physically attack others just to prove that I can. I never heard of the ‘Knockout Game’ until Trayvon Martin came along.

I don’t roam parking lots at the Mall or other large venues to cause trouble.

I don’t riot & damage or loot stores when the athletic team I support wins a major game.

I don’t wear hoodies or other clothing which covers up my identity when I am inside any sort of business establishment.

I don’t demand or extort money from people based upon perceived slights they didn’t put forth at me.

I don’t roam the streets at all hours of the night.

I don’t discard my trash in a manner which leads to further deterioration of my community.

I don’t use drugs—nor do I deal drugs—nor do I support the usage of drugs by anyone in my community.

I pay my bills & I don’t appear on TV court shows for 15 minutes of fame to show how stupid I can be to not pay the rent or pay back a ‘loan’ I needed from ‘my friend or family member’ which I now refuse to pay back until told on national TV that I am a fool. Thank you, Judge Joe Brown. He must be totally embarrassed by his own black culture.

When I did rent, before I bought my first house, I didn’t damage the premises of the landlord in the chronic belief that ‘he can afford to fix my damages without any recompense from me’—or worse: he/she is white & he/she is taking advantage of my black skin by even charging me rent in the first place.

I don’t steal the wheels & tires off another person’s car when they are at the movies.

I don’t keep a pit bull which is a menace to the entire neighborhood because I need to protect my drug stash & drug dealings at my ‘crib’.

I wash my clothes regularly and change them regularly.

I don’t collect government assistance & then pay out $200 for a pair of athletic shoes because some other athlete endorsed those shoes.

I don’t hang onto the idea that ‘dancing’ or ‘singing hip-hop’ or ‘dunking a basketball’ or ‘tackling the ball carrier’ is the only way to get out of the miserable conditions I have set up for myself.

I never committed crimes—especially as a juvenile—with the attitude that “I won’t be punished because I am a kid”.

I don’t cry poverty when I have a mouthful of bling. Toothpaste would be cheaper.

I don’t allow crime to go unwatched or unreported in my neighborhood. I also don’t attack the police & firemen when they are trying to help the community.

I don’t burn down buildings the night before Halloween just because I can do so.

I DO NOT have ‘anything in COMMON’ with this segment of society in the USA. I am pretty confident that I am not alone.

DO NOT demand that I even try to understand them. They are proving to be feral animals. Where I live- rural- we dispose of such feral animals who are a menace.