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Trayvon Martin Slaying Shows the Young Black Male Is Society’s Prime Target (Barf Alert)
The Daily Beast ^ | March 26, 2012 | Mansfield Frazier

Posted on 03/26/2012 10:52:53 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin was driven by the stereotype of black men as criminals and the designation of the Young Black Male as the fall guy for the nation’s neighborhood fears.

The killing of Trayvon Martin (essentially for the “crime” of walking while black) and its aftermath provides one of those riveting moments in American history when the curtain of our still-all-too-rampant racism normally hides behind is pulled back … exposing the ugly underbelly of prejudice and hatred that still exists in too many corners of our society.

Through decade after decade of scurrilous application of Jim Crow laws—combined with other forms of racially motivated biases that keep minorities marginalized—our country has created the near-perfect target for the majority culture’s collective hatred, fear, and opprobrium: the Young Black Male. Hoodie optional.

And thanks to new laws on the books in various parts of the country, the demographic many seemingly love to loathe and despise now have legalized targets pinned on their backs; the Young Black Male is now officially considered fair game in some parts of America. Game on—lock and load.

Under the “Stand Your Ground” laws that have been enacted in many states anyone can do what George Zimmerman did in Sanford, Fla.: shoot someone (preferably a Young Black Male) to death and then claim self-defense. Of course, it won’t work too well if the shooter is black and the victim is white. Oh, and after the “kill” the shooter should bop him or herself upside the head with that trusty Glock … just hard enough to raise the self-defense knot right above the left eye.

In spite of the fact that the shooter in this case will, in all likelihood, stand trial on state or federal charges, Southern “justice” being what it historically has been, there’s no assurances of a fair and unbiased jury being selected—or of a conviction … even if the evidence is overwhelming. This is why so many blacks were lynched in America a century ago: whites knew they could carry out their murderous acts with impunity. And, to quote an NAACP slogan: in America, “much has changed, much has not.”

The emerging facts surrounding Trayvon’s death are so glaring as to be mind-boggling. Most important among them is the fact that when Zimmerman told a police dispatcher that he was following a Young Black Male (who, according to Zimmerman, “appeared to be on drugs”), the dispatcher responded, “We don’t need for you to do that.” At that point Zimmerman should have gotten back into his vehicle and simply followed Trayvon until police arrived, but he continued his pursuit; a deranged white man on the hunt of the elusive Young Black Male. Zimmerman even said, “These assholes always get away.” But not this time.

Supposedly, a number of break-ins had occurred in the gated community that served as Zimmerman’s hunting and killing grounds, and while no suspects had been arrested or even spotted … it was assumed by him and others that the dreaded “Young Black Male”—the fall guy for all our nation’s collective neighborhood fears—was responsible for them.

It’s abundantly clear by a preponderance of (albeit) circumstantial evidence that Zimmerman wasn’t simply “standing his ground” … he actually was out looking for what he considered “fair game” (read: the Young Black Male) and clearly was the aggressor in the confrontation with Trayvon, whom he ran to ground and slaughtered.

And if Zimmerman is not prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, expect other killings to occur in states with similar laws and even some where laws are not so unambiguous. There are an untold number of other Zimmermans out there, waiting to protect the white race by offing a Young Black Male.

The “investigation” (if you can call it that) carried out by the Sanford Police Department was so slipshod one has to wonder what relationship—if any—Zimmerman had with local police prior to the killing. Because Travyon’s body was tested for drugs and Zimmerman was not (all police officers involved in a shooting, deadly or not, are routinely tested), does this suggest a special relationship between the shooter and the police? Was Zimmerman on their payroll? Was he a cop wannabe they tolerated? Why did police never investigate someone who had called them dozens of times (always with unfounded, wacky suspicions about Young Black Males) just to see if he had a screw loose? The questions just keep coming and coming.

The silver lining of this darkest of clouds is that while the majority of protesters at the rallies protesting Travyon’s killing are people of color, there have been enough whites in attendance to prove that all people of good will find this killing abominable and not to be tolerated. Travyon’s death could bring about a new era of multiracial civil-rights activism in America.

Now, if we can just convert some of the extant outrage over the killing of a Young Black Male by a white vigilante … to similar outrage when Young Black Males senselessly kill each other, we would be paying fitting tribute to the life—and tragic death—of Trayvon Martin.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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1 posted on 03/26/2012 10:53:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin was driven by the stereotype of black men as criminals and the designation of the Young Black Male as the fall guy for the nation’s neighborhood fears.

I imagine that the shooter might have a more accurate description of the driving force behind the shooting.
2 posted on 03/26/2012 10:55:55 AM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonder what would happen if this goes to trial and Zimmerman is found not guilty.

I remember Watts and Reginald Denny. This would be much worse. It’s a different world now.


3 posted on 03/26/2012 10:59:10 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Prime Target” He’s right, but it’s not the crackers or mexicans that kill thousands of them each year.


4 posted on 03/26/2012 11:00:14 AM PDT by radioone
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The killing of Trayvon Martin (essentially for the “crime” of walking while black

He got shot for beating the crap out of someone with a gun while black.

5 posted on 03/26/2012 11:01:31 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is tripe, written with an agenda.


6 posted on 03/26/2012 11:03:57 AM PDT by Clara Lou (ABO! Go Newt!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Martin Slaying Shows the Young Black Male Is Society’s Prime Target”

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Ignorant Racialist Hogwash Propaganda.

Corrected:

Martin Slaying Shows the Young Black Male Is Other Young Black Males’ Prime Target.


7 posted on 03/26/2012 11:06:31 AM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: HIDEK6

Don’t forget: That “someone” should have stayed inside his vehicle. Then both of them would be alive.


8 posted on 03/26/2012 11:07:36 AM PDT by Clara Lou (ABO! Go Newt!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
...everything that this guy just said is bullshit....

...Vinny Gambini

9 posted on 03/26/2012 11:08:51 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Elections have consequences....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.aawc.com/ZBlack_Authors.html

Mr. Frazier started his professional writing while he was an inmate in a Federal prison in Ashland, Kentucky.


10 posted on 03/26/2012 11:09:00 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mansfield...there aren’t enough of you to make this constant bleating and complaining about racism to make it stick. We, white America, are tired of being called slave owners, haters and bigots.

You just don’t have the numbers, even with the President, the media and every liberal on your side. You just don’t have the numbers in the end. Better make your peace with that and stand on your own merits. Your bleats aren’t working any more.


11 posted on 03/26/2012 11:12:13 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: EyeGuy

“Martin Slaying Shows the Young Black Male Is Other Young Black Males’ Prime Target.”

I’m surprised nobody’s come out with a video game yet, you know, “Hood Huntin’ Hoodies”


12 posted on 03/26/2012 11:13:52 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: cuban leaf

The Leftists are going to use Muslim-like terrorism. They will walk into a home, business or school and open fire on whites.

The media won’t connect the dots...or they will blame it on the Tea Party if the Left can get a white psychopath at Obama’s OWS to participate. They have plenty of black racists ready to go and probably already acting out.


13 posted on 03/26/2012 11:20:43 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Especially of other young, black males.

Why Do African-American Youth Kill Each Other?

Black Teens Killing Each Other in Rising Numbers

14 posted on 03/26/2012 11:24:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: Clara Lou
That “someone” should have stayed inside his vehicle. Then both of them would be alive.

Umm, the fight didn't start when Zimmerman got out of his vehicle.

The fight started when Trayvon attacked Zimmerman.

Even Holder's peeps know this, which is why he hasn't been charged, despite full-mob-clamour for at least a week now.


15 posted on 03/26/2012 11:50:55 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mother Seeks Trayvon Martin Trademarks

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/trayvon-martin-trademarks-769123

His mother's prime target to make money....

16 posted on 03/26/2012 11:53:28 AM PDT by BossLady (Where There's A Shill...There's A Pay.......)
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To: cuban leaf

Are guys like this author REALLY ready to go where he’s going?


17 posted on 03/26/2012 11:55:33 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: canuck_conservative

The fight couldn’t have happened if Zimmerman had stayed in his vehicle as the dispatcher suggested. The police were on their way, according to the dispatcher. What in the heck was Zimmerman going to do anyway?


18 posted on 03/26/2012 11:57:49 AM PDT by Clara Lou (ABO! Go Newt!)
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To: MrB

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This may get very interesting.


19 posted on 03/26/2012 11:58:06 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Clara Lou
It is not illegal to get out of your vehicle.

It is illegal to assault a person.

Still, it doesn't mean that because a person gets out of his vehicle that all white people are racist.

This whole thing is just an excuse for the rats to construct another straw man.

20 posted on 03/26/2012 11:59:02 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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