Commentary

Mainstream media often portray African American youths, especially black men and boys, as criminals, crime victims and predators. These stereotypes, according to social justice advocates, can create a racially charged atmosphere that results in violence such as the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

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Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system. George Zimmerman had bruises and scratches on his body that he got from Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman also has a host of supporters that have been contributing money to his defense and he’s raised about $140,000 so far.

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Having hedged on the issue for three years, President Obama says his great epiphany finally came as the result of conversations about equality and fairness with his obviously enlightened daughters, Sasha and Malia—though the cynic in me is loathe to buy into the totality of that story.

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Just before the Chicago police cold bloodedly gunned him down in 1971, Black Panther Fred Hampton prophetically said, “You can kill the revolutionary but you cannot kill the revolution.”

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Accused murderer of Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman almost certainly will eventually face a jury. And what if that jury is all white? A recent Duke University study showed that all white juries in Florida were more likely to convict a black defendant than mixed ethnic juries.

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One of the lowest moments for the Los Angeles Police Department came when LAPD sergeant Stacey Koon publicly defended the use of force against black motorist Rodney King as legal and appropriate during testimony in his trial for beating King.

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America may not witness another “trial of the century” later this year when George Zimmerman, a white-Hispanic American, appears in court to be tried for the murder of Trayvon Martin, an African American teenager, but the country is surely poised for another “O.J. Simpson moment” —

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America is in denial. Everyday millions of us of various ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations congregate together in our places of work, at our schools/universities and public spaces exchanging politically correct pleasantries as we interact with each other.

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On July 23, 2009, President Obama was asked to make a comment on the arrest of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates during a press conference. The African American professor had been arrested in his own home, even though he showed the police that he was the owner of the house.

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I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He’s only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But after the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I needed to explain to my child that soon people might be afraid of him.

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