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Trayvon Martin’s murder is bigger than racism
The A&T Register ^ | March 28, 2012 | Trumaine McCaskill

Posted on 03/28/2012 5:36:38 AM PDT by SJackson

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To: SJackson
In 2009, white offenders killed 209 black individuals. Meanwhile, that same year black offenders killed 2,604 black individuals.
Notice omission of how many whites were killed by blacks?
21 posted on 03/28/2012 6:02:14 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: SJackson
In some places where blacks are more conservative, violence is much lower in the black community. There are many words like entitlement, dependency and a culture of violence that get bantered about but the simple fact is individual responsibility is the key and that is a conservative value. Whatever return to sanity the troubled black communities might follow will have to be of their own design. The Republican Party holds little appeal for the urban youth.
22 posted on 03/28/2012 6:02:52 AM PDT by dog breath
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To: SJackson
Yeah.... Because Neighborhood Watch is on the look out for one or more Black Males that have been robbing homes in this community... they should be looking for anyone OTHER than a Black Male or it's "racial profiling"...

The paucity of logic is no longer astounding. In fact, you almost come to expect it from Race baiting apologists.

23 posted on 03/28/2012 6:03:18 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
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To: SJackson
George Zimmerman's inexcusable act of violence is something that is being highlighted in this case.

I noticed in the title, Trayvon was murdered. Another defamation artist at work here.

24 posted on 03/28/2012 6:05:09 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: SJackson
So why is justice more important when it comes to white on black crimes, than it is when it comes to black on black crime? Especially considering the fact that statistics show white on black crime is far less common than black on black crime.

And just what might be the reason this author pretending racial balance forgot to mention black on white crime, especially when it is adjusted for percentage of the population?

94% of murders of black people are committed by black people. 14% of murders of white people are extraracial. IOW, 13% of the population killed 692 whites while 72% of the population who killed 254 blacks. Hence, blacks are more than 15 times more likely to kill whites than the other way around. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005

So what this author is doing is telling "his people" that their problem with killing each other vastly outweighs murders of black people by "white racism" while ignoring the evident problem of black racism against white people.

What a guy.

25 posted on 03/28/2012 6:06:13 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)
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To: SJackson

I noticed the author leaves out the number of murders of whites by blacks, a glaring omission if you want an honest discussion of this subject.

Black on black and black on white crime are higher than white on black or white on white crime.

There is a disease in the black community that is being ignored......intentionally.


26 posted on 03/28/2012 6:06:43 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: cincinnati65
-- .. but he had a weapon on him when he confronted Martin. --

The inference and evidence point to any confrontation being involuntary on Zimmerman's part. The most likely intention zimmerman has is to maintain visual contact, and to avoid confrontation.

27 posted on 03/28/2012 6:07:07 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: cincinnati65

I’ve no problem observing him and calling 911. Getting out of the car and following him on foot was obviously a major error. You allude to another issue in your description of the fight, the very real risk of being disarmed. Which would also argue for staying in the car


28 posted on 03/28/2012 6:07:26 AM PDT by SJackson (I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes)
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To: SJackson
Martin died because of racial profiling.

This is something that the country cannot, no matter how hard many people may try, ignore.

This is the base of the reason for this belief of the writer. He is completely wrong. Martin died because he chose to be a criminal.

29 posted on 03/28/2012 6:09:06 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: SJackson
Ok, found actual article... Trayvon Martin’s murder is bigger than racism
30 posted on 03/28/2012 6:09:25 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free)
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To: SJackson
George Zimmerman’s inexcusable act of violence

We don't know that yet. He was not arrested because the police thought the shooting was in self defense. This was a purely NON-emotional decision.

This entire story is a story because of the enormous fire of hatred felt by the Black community against Whites. There is plenty of violence between young Black men...no complaint there.

But when the a young Black man (carrying on his shoulders the reputation that young Black men have built up with their violence) is discriminated against because of that well-earned reputation, his community screams bloody murder.

Of course a young Black man in a hoodie is discriminated against. But it isn't because of race. It's because his reputation for violence has preceded him.

But that discrimination isn't the real reason this story dominates the news. This story is powerful because it permits those in the Black community that hate Whites to vocalize their deep-seated hatred. And it gives those who fan the flames of that hatred (Al and Jessie at the front of the pack) to fan it and watch it grow.

I know of NO Whites that hate blacks...not one! Every White person I know believes that ALL people, regardless of the race, deserve the opportunity to achieve whatever they can in America.

But I will say that if Black people continue to scream their hatred for Whites, that belief in fairness among Whites will eventually start to erode.

If you scream your hatred for someone loud enough and long enough, eventually the hated person will to begin return that animosity.

31 posted on 03/28/2012 6:14:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: "Who will rid me of this nettlesome Newt?")
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To: Haiku Guy
Ooops. My image disappeared.

To quote Daffy Duck, "Lets try that again..."

The overwhelming proportion of murders of blacks is committed by other blacks.

The overwhelming proportion of murders of whites is committed by other whites.

Any questions?

32 posted on 03/28/2012 6:16:14 AM PDT by Haiku Guy ("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: SJackson

Trumaine? Trayvon? These names are simply odious. They sound like names you would give a pet or a doll, not a person. They scream “I’m from the ghetto!”


33 posted on 03/28/2012 6:16:52 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: bereanway

There are two paths, but they are very different. One leads to life. The other to death.


34 posted on 03/28/2012 6:21:16 AM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine (An old sailor sends)
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To: dps.inspect

They are already in total backpedal and retreat mode.

Attempting to railroad Zimmerman is going to set off a Hispanic backlash. If that happens, it will be the same thing for the Democrat Party as Scotty reading the last three digits of the self-destruct code for the Enterprise.

I think the lightbulb over their heads about this went on
yesterday morning sometime.


35 posted on 03/28/2012 6:24:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: steve8714

When it’s convenient to the race mongers Hispanics are referred to as “people of color”. When one commits a crime against a black he is referred to as white.


36 posted on 03/28/2012 6:25:06 AM PDT by Inwoodian
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To: Haiku Guy

Yeah, I gotta question...

in “cross-racial” murder statistics, given that whites outnumber blacks by 8 to 1, what is the ratio of white killing black to black killing white?

Shouldn’t it be “representative” of the 8 to 1 ratio?


37 posted on 03/28/2012 6:33:46 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: SJackson
The death of Trayvon Martin is, was, and forever will be a terrible tragedy for all Americans.

Wrong

9-11 was "a terrible tragedy for all Americans".

"The death of Trayvon Martin" is indicative of a cancer among a subset of the population
that's metastasized as a result of a socialist plantation politics and white guilt.

Full stop.

38 posted on 03/28/2012 6:36:20 AM PDT by tomkat (FU.baraq !)
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To: SJackson

martin died because he was an idiot. Never assault an armed man.

LLS


39 posted on 03/28/2012 6:37:04 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: SJackson
His death is a painful reminder of the injustices that black America has witnessed since we first stepped on American soil years ago.

Is he saying that a lot of blacks get shot in self-defense? But why would that be unjust?

Trayyon attacked Zimmerman. He paid for his attempt to inflict grievous bodily harm on another human being with his life. Sucks to be him.

40 posted on 03/28/2012 6:37:07 AM PDT by agere_contra
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