Hmmmm ... considering that Martin was in the act of violently assaulting Zimmerman ... yes ... if Martin had killed Zimmerman, the verdict should have been "Guilty" on a charge of first degree murder.
The Martin case, tragic as it is,
Tragic? A young punk who was brought up wrong and trained to do worse in a culture that glorifies violence, theft, and drug abuse gets killed while in the act of aggravated assault. That's predictable.
pales in comparison to the epidemic of black-on-black murders,
All of which occur in a culture which glorifies violence, theft, and drug abuse. Get the picture?
This so-called Black culture is merely a rejection of American culture by labeling it "White" culture. Black culture is a glorification of gangstas and their hos and drug dealing. It is basically devoid of anything worthy of respect and is destructive to anyone who lives in it.
This was Trayvon's world...and the world glorified by Obama, the media, and Hollywood.
“The simple fact is that black thugs pose a much greater threat to me and my family than racial profiling ever will.”
this is true and I’m guessing the author is black. he sounds like he’s trying to walk a fine line but really sees things the way we do for the most part.
The “black leaders” don’t address the failure of black culture because there is better money in screaming, “racism!” at everything.
It’s a story of lost humanity, and being lost humanity has no direct dependence upon one’s skin color. No color of people is any “loster” than another; however under certain circumstances sin can involve an obsession upon color (as it can an obsession upon any circumstance of the physical world). I hate even to use the word “denigrate” because some people are so sensitive to that, but that’s what some people do to themselves in the name of color solidarity. Argue with Mr. Bell’s speculations upon the GZ case all you want (I personally would), but he summed it up extremely well at the end of his article (at the source) “If you do not respect yourself, nobody else will either.”
The author seems to get the picture. Not a bad article, actually.
“While racial profiling and stereotyping can never be defended, the sad truth is hip-hop culture and rap music create, perpetuate and deepen existing stereotypes. We in the black community must understand that racial profiling, like stereotyping, is simply the application of statistical probabilities to situations in a hurried world.
The majority of African-Americans who reject this new culture in silence pay a heavy price in the unjust stereotypes they often are subjected to. But when a young black male is watched closely in a store, is it a racist action by the clerk or a rational action based on experience?
More important is the fact that young African-American men are internalizing the images our cultural leaders are modeling for them.
It is appropriate for President Obama to continue to focus on the legal issues of gun control, “stop and frisk” and stand-your-ground laws, as well as on policy questions pertaining to education and jobs. But if he really wants to move the needle, he should ask his wife to spotlight the cultural challenges facing our black youths.
As my parents used to say: “If you don’t respect yourself, no one else will.”
We in the black community must understand and embrace that simple truth.”