To HiTech RedNeck@25 and rhema@32
Yes, Bell does make some correct statements later in his article, specifically in noting the reality of black-on-black crime, and the malignant hip-hop form of black culture.
But sadly, he continues to refer to racist profiling, which he associates with Zimmerman. What is valid is, in fact, criminal and drug behavior profiling and what Bell demonstrates is his own racist profiling.
In the U.S. we have cultures associated with German, Irish, French, Italian, Hispanic, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, and other ethnic groups. Some of these have become associated in various parts of our country or at various times in the past, with criminal (or enemy) activity, deservedly or otherwise.
Whether black culture can shake off its congruence with criminal profiling remains to be seen. But, even with Bell, there is a tendency to shift the blame to others or other things, like poverty, gun control, “stop and frisk” laws. This attempt continues the policy of victimization. Such reliance on “victimization” provides those in that culture with the entitlement of “innocence” in whatever one does, since the blame for what one does then belongs to someone else.
Well one can keep on cursing the darkness, or try to get flickering candles to burn brighter. I choose the latter.