It’s a term I hear often, especially in the wake of the death of Trayvon Martin.  Whites implore Blacks to reflect on the crime they inflict on one another.  The implication being that Trayvon’s death deserves neither sympathy nor scrutiny...it’s a Black problem.   Some Blacks, as well are all too willing to shoulder responsibility for lawlessness because “we kill one another”.  Are they right?  Not if you study crime statistics.  Contrary to the chatter,  the problem isn’t that George Zimmerman is a race other than Black, the problem is that those empowered with the duty to see that justice is carried out, failed to do their job.  The problem is that they treated the victim with absolute disregard.  They made no effort to confirm the shooter’s story or seek witnesses, they simply took Zimmerman’s statements as fact and then  dumped Trayvon’s body in the morgue without making a single effort to identify him.  If you’re the parent waiting for your son to return from a convenience store, have you no right to expect at least that much?  As a matter of race, do you think that would have been their response if Trayvon had been a young white boy?  If the perpetrator had been Black, do you think he would have simply gone home?  Those are the issues. Read more »

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