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Originally Posted by TrudyM
The point of the article as I read it is not if Zimmerman is guilty (and he was found not guilty after it was written) it is how a segment of society is afraid all the time that someone will feel threatened and act against them and as they can not change the color of their skin they can't do anything to keep people from being afraid of them.
I understand the fear, have experienced it myself from both sides. When driving through Utah a couple of guys in a pickup with rifles on a rack asked us what we were doing in their town when we stopped at a café for a sandwich, they then followed us for 50 miles after we left and only turned around when we hit the state line. That was the scariest 50 miles of my life.
I have also crossed the street to avoid walking past a group of young males (black or white) hanging out as it made me uneasy. The point being I crossed the street I didn't follow them down it with a gun. When we as a society allow people to act with violence out of fear not in their own home or vehicle but on a public street we are in trouble. Cops we hope at least have some training.
I don't think the jury found him innocent they found him not guilty under the law big difference.
It is the justification that one has the right to accost anyone at any time because they don't look right that my family uses as a reason for us to move back to Hawaii instead of FLA as they are convinced it isn't safe in Florida.
By the way My husband isn't black he is Hawaiian born Japanese so doesn't get the same reaction as a black man if he was black I would never even consider living in the south, or any state with a stand your ground law and such easy gun laws.
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I cannot speak for anyone but me, but as I said before I GOT THE POINT OF A PROFESSIONALLY PENNED ARTICLE.
Anyone on here can cut and paste an article to show some bias for something.
We all know about bias....ALL OF US.....you do not think I am getting the point...I got it....I do not think you or the OP are getting the point and that is where the rub is.
Yes. the kind of stereo typing you mention takes place and always has in this country as folks came over to begin new lifes. Those who did well did not, blame anyone else they had to overcome it and did it WITHIN whatever group they were a part of.
Being black is tough....absolutely no doubt about it...I have seen it and witnessed it first hand. Problem is those who have the stage now are all about blame....those who have other ideas about growing within are drowned out and thus the divide gets bigger and the hate grows.
This overcoming is not about someone else doing it for you...it is about doing it yourself and getting help as a result of that. Allowing the Black Panthers to speak for you, or Sharpton to make political hay on this is not going to do one single thing except keep the black population dependent on these folks...and trust me, they are dependent on the Sharptons and Jackson's of this world.
I am not angry that you think that "we" (whomever that might be) do not understand, but frankly am getting a bit sick of hearing it. I "get it" and most folks I know "get it" and have sympathy but the rhetoric and actions are simply driving any support away !
PS....and eliminating living where there is a "stand your ground" type law really narrows you down as they exist in over half the states in this union.