(ThyBlackMan.com) White hite conservatives often criticize Black people for being too quick to play what they call “the race card.” On the other hand, many Black people criticize America for not being sensitive enough to the reality that race plays in American life. George Zimmerman’s trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin clearly validates the Black community’s point of view.
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Trayvon Martin is dead for no other reason than he was born Black in America. That’s a non-debatable fact. Had he been a White kid, Trayvon Martin would have still been alive today. Yet, even as the jury is out deliberating George Zimmerman’s fate, there’s a raging debate going on in America over whether or not George Zimmerman was justified in taking this mere child’s life.
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Regardless to the eventual verdict in this case, the trial itself clearly demonstrates how the laws of the land are routinely bent against the interest of the Black community, while still managing to maintain the illusion of justice for all.
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The bottom line is, Trayvon Martin was guilty of absolutely nothing. He was simply engaged in an activity that millions of kids – good kids – engage in all across this country on a daily basis. He wasn’t casing the neighborhood in preparation to commit a crime, he wasn’t walking down the street smoking dope, nor was he walking the street in search of a potential victim. He was simply an innocent kid on his way home after going to the store to buy a bag of Skiddles and a soft drink. So how, in a just society, can he end up dead, and his killer – an armed adult, who stalked him, and outweighed him by forty pounds – can now be claiming self-defense in his murder? The very scenario strains credulity to the limit.
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One would think the facts above would be crystal clear to every single person in America – and they would be if the situation was exactly reversed. If Trayvon Martin had been the adult in this scenario, and he stalked and killed a White kid under the exact same circumstances – if he stalked the kid, weighed forty pounds more than his victim, and he was armed while the kid was not – chances are, he would already be on Death Row, for First Degree Murder – that is, assuming he survived to reach the police station.
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So while I don’t take the position that all White people are malevolent, nor am I one who looks under every rock for the existence of racism whenever Black people don’t get their way, I do stand firm in the belief that racism is such an historically pervasive part of American life that many Americans – both Black and White – harbor grossly racist attitudes towards Black people that are so deeply ingrained that they don’t even recognize it themselves.
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You don’t think so? Watch any hip hop video and count the number beautiful dark-skinned sisters you find. I guarantee you, you’ll find very few – and even when a dark-skinned sister is so strikingly beautiful that they can’t avoid using her, they’ll usually shine a light on her to make her look orange.
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So I reiterate, Trayvon Martin is dead due to the gross racism of a grossly racist society – Period.
Trayvon Martin is Dead Because He Was Born Black in America – Period.
Staff Writer; Eric L. Wattree
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louie,
the favorite past time here is bashing white people. we constantly accuse them of racism, constantly remind them of slavery, and how inherently evil they are, after all they are the white devil.
then turn around and wonder why they dont frequent our businesses, dont want to live anywhere near us, have their children go to school with our children, and most importantly wonder why they wont hire us.
Have any of these race baiting writers actually seen a picture of George Zimmerman? Save your racist hatred against whites for actual whites, George Zimmerman is hispanic! Or are you just grouping all non-blacks together as objects of racial stereotyping?
“Trayvon Martin is dead due to the gross racism of a grossly racist society – Period” I can agree with your conclusion, especially following the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman. The Racist climate in Florida empowered George Zimmerman to feel comfortable profiling a young black man walking alone at night, Florida Law put the gun in his hand, resulting in the death of an innocent child. The part played by the Sanford Police Department along with The Seminole County Sheriff is testimony as to how the system works for blacks in Seminole County. Who has an alibi for the police keeping a young black male in their morgue, while his black parents made multiple inquiries over 3 days, looking for their son and the deplorable handling of Trayvon’s body at the crime scene.
That’s all they know how to do @sosad
Great observation Dave. It’s unfortunate that Trayvon lost his life and the race baiters are using this tragedy to divide Instead of heal America.
With all the hard hitting facts that you have described, who can argue. Following someone didn’t escalate this. If Trayvon didn’t strike out this wouldn’t have happened. I do feel for the parents, they have a huge loss, that is a tragedy, no one should have to bear. Just the fact ma’am, please. I wish people would make a stand like this when there is black on black killings daily, nobody is up in arms, why??
Eric, you didn’t prove any points. Your understanding of the law is wrong. You just played one huge race card as an excuse to absolve Trayvon of any responsibility for his own actions, such as attacking Zimmerman. Trayvon made it to the safety of his father’s girlfriend’s home but went back out and jumped Zimmerman, breaking his nose and then wailing on him MMA style. You can hear Zimmerman’s cries for help on the 911 tape. Any reasonable person would conclude that Zimmerman shot in self defense. Case closed. Period.
As long as the writer of this article keeps thinking. believeing and writing these things.. “So I reiterate, Trayvon Martin is dead due to the gross racism of a grossly racist society – Period.
Staff Writer; Eric L. Wattree ”
I see no hope to have both the black community and white community to get past this awful impass. I so had hoped we would, I’m not giving up yet.
@Dave, @Charles Anderson,
I want to thank you both for your comments. You’ve made my point completely:
“Trayvon Martin is Dead Because He Was Born Black in America – Period.” I rest my case.
Actually, the only reason Zimmerman is being prosecuted is because Trayvon was black. Had Zimmerman been a black man shooting a non-black man then the media and the black community would have had no problem with this incident. However; when Zimmerman (a Hispanic) defended himself against the assault of a racist black man he gets crucified.
No, Trayvon did not have a right to assault Zimmerman even if he felt threatened by him. Trayvon was already at his father’s fiancee place and then went back out to attack Zimmerman. That is when Zimmerman had a right to defend himself. It’s a poor analogy to say that Zimmerman was trying to rob Trayvon when it is Trayvon who was busted with women’s jewelry and burglary tools in his backpack at school. I’m sorry Trayvon is dead but it’s not because he was born black in America. He escalated a non-situation into physical violence and paid the price for it.
THIS is the best article you have written bro ERIC I had given hope on you but it seems you still have a streak of sanity left!
P.S THE article was pick up by the website VETERANS TODAY!
Dave,
What people fail to realize is, an assault is simply putting a person in fear of bodily harm? Actually touching them is assault and BATTERY. So when Zimmerman confronted Trayvon and scared him, that constituted an assault. Therefore, he committed a crime against Trayvon and Trayvon had a right to defend himself. So if Trayvon would have had a gun and shot Zimmerman he would have been within his rights. Thus, if Zimmerman is found innocent, that will set a precedent saying that if a guy tries to rob you and you fight back, he has a right to kill you in self-defense.
People need to think about that. We’re electing legislators for purely political purposes without stopping to consider that many of them are functionally illiterate and they’re flooding the books with crazy laws. Now Sarah Palin wants to be a senator. I guess she saw Capitol Hill from her backyard.
Did George Zimmerman have a right to defend himself when being struck by Trayvon Martin? Have you not heard the 911 calls? Trayvon took it to the next level with a violent response and suffered the consequences. There is no right to attack someone who you think is profiling you. Period.
Thank you, Steph.
Excellent article!