Posted on 07/23/2013 12:30:22 PM PDT by rhema
How can we demand respect from others when we show so little of it for ourselves?
Everyone agrees that Trayvon Martin's death was a senseless loss of life. While we'll never know all the facts, it seems likely that George Zimmerman did "profile" Martin when he first saw him. What happened after that will forever be unknown, and, in my mind, the facts were insufficient to convict Zimmerman.
The establishment view of this tragedy is that it is primarily about racial profiling, "stand your ground" laws and the relative value our society places on the lives of young black males. Many black leaders argue that if Martin had killed Zimmerman, the verdict might have been different.
What often gets lost in this narrative is how we in the black community often contribute to our own destruction. The Martin case, tragic as it is, pales in comparison to the epidemic of black-on-black murders, which is the leading cause of death for young black men in this country. In Chicago, the murder rate is so high that it is affecting the city's credit rating. It is broadly accepted that crime in Detroit is a major reason the city is bankrupt.
Where is the outrage, the indignation, the marches for victims of black-on-black crime? The simple fact is that black thugs pose a much greater threat to me and my family than racial profiling ever will.
More important, where is the honest self-examination in the black community of how we tragically devalue our own lives? How can we build a culture of self-respect, honor and dignity when the most visible expression of black culture today is hip-hop and rap music? This malignant new form of black culture plays a dominant role in defining what it means to be an authentic young black male.
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—”Everyone agrees that Trayvon Martin’s death was a senseless loss of life. “
Everyone? I don’t think so.
Actually there was a lot of common sense:
a) Wannabe punk thug starts beating the sheet out of Zimm
b) Zimm used firepower to protect himself from further grave injuries or death.
Self-defense is actually common sense.
Honky.
Well one can keep on cursing the darkness, or try to get flickering candles to burn brighter. I choose the latter.
I’d say it was senseless the way Trayvon committed “suicide by Zimmerman.”
Don't forget the role of Democrat politicians. They have relentless assaulted the Black family for decades with their "welfare" programs. And even as their policies destroy Black families, they tell the victims of these policies that their problems are all caused by racism. While politicians cynically push poverty policies to enhance their political power, the people who are affected by such policies invent a culture that reinforces those policies and punishes anyone trying to escape.
I was raised in the poverty culture as well; I know the manipulation and lies used to keep people down. The main difference is that, being white, I was not taught that rampant racism keeps us down.
Stop the racism at its root: stop electing Democrats.
It is good to see that people 'on the inside' are waking up. I have noted the destruction--not just to black culture, but its spillover into other areas as well--for years, but not being black, make a mention of it and be branded a racist.
The problems of the black community are ones which must be solved by blacks demanding more of themselves and their children, by demanding that fathers have a place in the home, by demanding more of their sons and sons-in-law, and a return to the fundamental values which have ensured prosperity and growth in any successful culture. The alternative is turning inner cities into little Mogadishus and living a life that is nasty, brutish, and short. That won't last, people are already tired of funding such with their tax dollars, and will not tolerate ill behaviour from parts of the population much longer.
The overwhelming response of "bring it on" to the idea of rioting and looting shows how thin the line has grown--and how far relations have degraded.
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