03-23-2012, 04:14 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/23/justice/fl...?hpt=hp_t1
"Obama said Trayvon Martin's death particularly resonated with him as an African-American parent.
"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said in brief remarks outside the White House."
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Damn right. The culture of guilty of being black is still pervasive in America. It's a bad thing.
Historically it takes one or more horribly cases on injustice for a sea change in American thinking. Hopefully Trayvon has not died in vain, and his murder will resonate throughout our collective consciousness and prevent other prejudices from taking place.
Ed... a personal note. I've been hassled by criminalistic types several time, and the amount of melanin in their skin has varied. So personal experience tells me a hood is a hood.
But.. I'll still confess to finding myself reacting with stress to young black men more than young white men. I don't understand why... I don't think I'm prejudiced on a racial basis, but there was definitely a strong neighborhood cultural programming growing up in the Missouri in the 60's. My parents were both highly educated and would happily talk to anyone... Dad was a university professor, mom substitute-taught English in inner-city schools where a majority of her students were black.
Such soul searching is necessary on a national level.
"Obama said Trayvon Martin's death particularly resonated with him as an African-American parent.
"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said in brief remarks outside the White House."
- - -
Damn right. The culture of guilty of being black is still pervasive in America. It's a bad thing.
Historically it takes one or more horribly cases on injustice for a sea change in American thinking. Hopefully Trayvon has not died in vain, and his murder will resonate throughout our collective consciousness and prevent other prejudices from taking place.
Ed... a personal note. I've been hassled by criminalistic types several time, and the amount of melanin in their skin has varied. So personal experience tells me a hood is a hood.
But.. I'll still confess to finding myself reacting with stress to young black men more than young white men. I don't understand why... I don't think I'm prejudiced on a racial basis, but there was definitely a strong neighborhood cultural programming growing up in the Missouri in the 60's. My parents were both highly educated and would happily talk to anyone... Dad was a university professor, mom substitute-taught English in inner-city schools where a majority of her students were black.
Such soul searching is necessary on a national level.