I been observing this whole tragedy, this Trayvon Martin incident and couple ah things are as shine, clear and bright like .357 Magnum in the tropical night. First: racial profiling in Amerikkka is prominent. Second: in the shitstem, a young Black life is as insignificant now as it was in the days of Native Son/ Bigger Thomas. And I don’t think this perception about the devalued life worth of young Africans/youth of African descent is limited to Amerikkka, it’s a global phenomenon.
Imagine that in this age of information or misinformation, people are still being judged by what they wear and how they look. In Truth, Trayvon had a right to be in the neighborhood, his father lived there. What made him suspect? The reasons Zimmerman perceived him as a threat was because he was Black and young. Like Yusef Hawkins and countless others, Trayvon was killed because of his profile, for how he was perceived as a Black youth. You think if Trayvon woulda been White and wearing the said hoodie in the rain in that community Zimmerman woulda track him down and kill him? Listen to the 911 tapes, Zimmerman sounds calculating, like he’s setting up a defense for what he knows he wants to do. And when the 911 operator tells him not to follow the retreating Trayvon, Zimmerman ignores the advice and follows the boy anyway. He tracks him down. Confronts. Slays.
Is like if young, Black men are bearing the cross-hairs for crime in societies round di world.
You raised some good points I agree with everything that you said. Can you imagine if the situation was reversed and a black man murdered a white teenage boy? There would be hell to pay. Because of the protests and anger by people all over the world the mainstreem media is carying out a Smear Campaign against Trayvon Martin to try and justify what Zimmerman did. They released a picture of a Kid thowing up his middle fingers and said it was Trayvon Martin. It was found out later that it was in fact not him in the picture, and even if it was so what? That didn't give Zimmerman the right to kill him. They are bringing up past issues such as his suspension from school, and that he smoked weed.
Dharun Ravi was found guilty of bullying his gay roomate Tyler Clementi who commited suicuide, Dharun didn't even physically touch Clementi, but he was found guilty. So why is it that there is no justice in this case?