Posted on 04/15/2012 12:41:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Carol Swain, professor of law and political science at Vanderbilt University, said black political leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are using the death of Trayvon Martin to stir racial division for political gain.
Swain says she believes most Americans wanted an investigation into the Feb. 26 incident in which George Zimmmerman, 28, shot and killed Martin, 17, while on neighborhood watch. Martin was unarmed and walking to his father's fiance's house. Zimmerman claims he was attacked by Martin and shot Martin in self-defense after having his head beat against the pavement.
Swain, who is an expert on race relations, immigration, black leadership and evangelical politics says today's black leaders “don't put forth ideas and solutions that advance the cause of black people. Rather, they prefer to heat up the solution.”
Her latest book is called, "Be the People: a Call to Reclaim America's Faith and Promise."
Swain says black leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson benefit from depicting the incident as racially motivated so they can use it for voter mobilization. Swain noted there have been voter registration drives at many of the rallies supporting Martin.
In the days following the shooting, the media did everything it could to portray the shooting as a white on black crime, even going so far as to refer to Zimmerman as a white Hispanic.
Zimmerman claims he was following Martin because there been several break-ins in the area lately. Zimmerman claimed Martin confronted him while he was returning to his car and began to assault him. During the assault Zimmerman's head was repeatedly beat against the sidewalk prompting him to shoot Martin under Florida's stand-your-ground law.
Under the law, a person in Fl who feels threatened is justified to take self-defense steps rather than be required to run away as is the case in many states without such laws.
NBC took steps to depict Zimmerman as a racist by deliberately doctoring a 911 tape to suggest that the basis for following Martin was because Martin was black.
The New Black Panther Party even put a $10,000 bounty on Zimmerman's head, an event which received no condemnation or action by President Obama and his Justice Department. Supporters of the President's actions have defended it saying the bounty was simply a free speech issue.
Swain says attempts by Sharpton and Jackson to inflame the fires of racism could prove to be a deadly game. "We all lose if we have a race war in America. ... We're playing with fire. Once you stir up the emotion, anger and hatred, you can't just turn it off when convenient."
Swain said while she does not know whether Zimmerman was motivated by racist attitude when he followed and shot Martin, she does believe black communities would be better served if black leaders were to focus on issues causing the black youths to “head in the wrong direction,” such as drugs, violence and out of wedlock births.
Leaders leaves a lot to be desired. Punk racist bastards I’d say.
This brave lady also raised questions about BO’s birth certificate/eligibility.
She’ll be black listed, provided she already isn’t.
[Absolutely no pun intended].
An oreo cookie lady! She should go to Clarence Thomas’s house for a breakfast of pork products!
“black political leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are using the death of Trayvon Martin to stir racial division for political gain. “
I would call them black race pimps instead of leaders.
Especially the side with less than 15% of the population of which 2/3 of the males can't legally own weapons due to criminal issues....
At least her math is good.
During the assault Zimmerman's head was repeatedly beat against the sidewalk prompting him to shoot Martin under Florida's stand-your-ground law.First of all, the law didn't "prompt" him to shoot. Martin, while pounding Zimmerman's head against the sidewalk "prompted" him to shoot.
Secondly, in states without a SYG law, just how am I supposed to "retreat" when someone has me pinned down and I'm getting my head "repeatedly beat against the sidewalk"? Is there a prescription for that?
Do states without these laws put out a manual How to Retreat From Agressors and is there a chapter on "How to Retreat While Getting Your Head Repeatedly Beat Against the Sidewalk By Someone On Top of You"?
I would really like to know the correct Retreat Protocols in these states. No sarcasm here. I'm totally serial.
Ping to my post at #3.
It’s 12%. And what makes you think a law will stop them from picking up a firearm?
Carol Swain seems to be in some rare air: an intelligent university level professor. :)
Ruh-roh! Her time at Vanderbilt will likely be shortened by this Random Act of truthtelling!
“Once you stir up the emotion, anger and hatred, you can’t just turn it off when convenient.”
Dead on correct. However, by virtue of who is encouraging and protecting Sharpton, Jackson and NBPP, the stirring will continue until there is an explosion. The progress made since the 1950’s in recognizing individuals rater than races has been lost. Black vs white and every ethnicity hostile to every other one. Damned shame and not to be turned around in my lifetime.
We need more people like Carol Swain. And less of Black Caucus Race Hustlers types like Maxine Waters, Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. ,Bobby Rush, Sheila Jackson Lee, Alcee Hastings to name a few....
It won’t, but it will make easier to defend shooting them.
“We’re playing with fire. Once you stir up the emotion, anger and hatred, you can’t just turn it off when convenient.”
Truer words are seldom spoken.
Obama and his tribe have set race relations back by as much as 50 years.
YES you can...(in the words of the Commissar Obama)
Just so that we are counted as part of the “in crowd” - you put one on me - and I’ll do the same for you - and we’ll both be cool in the eyes of the “diversion” US media - plus it will be a great pick up line in a bar!
How about a bounty on barack for attempted murder of the US Constitution?
She is Not Guilty.
[Female Afro-American] Expert: black leaders fueling racial division
Carol Swain, professor of law and political science at Vanderbilt University, said black political leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are using the death of Trayvon Martin to stir racial division for political gain.
"This brave lady also raised questions about BO’s birth certificate/eligibility."
Thanks, thecodont.
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