[econjack]

They profile you just by first appearances

This is sad, but true. That said, the black leadership now needs to get over it and move on to the real question: What can blacks do to overcome that first impression. My guess is that their behavior in Ferguson isn't helping.

[SoConPubbie]

This is sad, but true. That said, the black leadership now needs to get over it and move on to the real question: What can blacks do to overcome that first impression. My guess is that their behavior in Ferguson isn't helping

No it isn't!

I live in the L.A./Orange County metroplex.

There is no sign of the racism that you state exists and hasn't been for years.

And when I lived in both Phoenix, Portland OR, and Houston, I never saw it in those communities as well.

[William Tell]

econjack said: "My guess is that their behavior in Ferguson isn't helping. "

It's also not helping that the black community seems to believe that Trayvon was a saint, despite the evidence that he was once apprehended in school with a backpack containing stolen jewelry and a screwdriver.

I hear no protestations that the claim about the stolen jewelry is false. It is simply ignored as if it is irrelevant.

Until the black community can cure themselves of this blindness they will continue to make fools of themselves and set back any hope of improving the lives of their children.