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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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1 posted on 03/28/2012 5:36:41 AM PDT by SJackson
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Racism and violence are 2 huge problems in America. And I hope the black community gets right on that and start fixing themselves.


2 posted on 03/28/2012 5:39:01 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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To: SJackson

Racist blamethrower. Too little too late. And too ignorant.


3 posted on 03/28/2012 5:41:59 AM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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George Zimmerman is not “white”. His sin is that his forbears come from the Pacific side of Latin America, where mestizo means Euro and Native American only. Wer he Dominican or Puerto Rican, this would be a small story.


4 posted on 03/28/2012 5:44:52 AM PDT by steve8714 (The answer, surprisingly, is Carnahan.)
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Martin died because of racial profiling.******

No, Martin died because he attacked a neighborhood watch volunteer who happened to be armed.

As details about Martin’s recent past leak out it has become apparent he had chosen the wrong path. What happened that evening was really just a continuation of the pattern he had begun to exhibit.

The road he was headed down leads to prison, or the morgue.


5 posted on 03/28/2012 5:49:14 AM PDT by bereanway
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To: SJackson

The charge of racism will not die until the black community forces the white community into total submission; in essence making the white community slaves to the charge of racism till they all look like Chris Matthews.


6 posted on 03/28/2012 5:49:15 AM PDT by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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Martin died because of racial profiling.
No, Trayvon died because he assaulted somebody.

And to use your own words, Trumaine...this is something that the country cannot, no matter how hard many people may try, ignore.

7 posted on 03/28/2012 5:49:23 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bereanway

The result of another fatherless household...


8 posted on 03/28/2012 5:50:37 AM PDT by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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To: SJackson
Say what you want about racism but the fact of the matter is we are killing ourselves more than any other race right now and we have all sat back and let this injustice go on for quite a few decades now.

Actually, it's gotten worse.

The Stop Snitching meme popular in recent years has had a lot to do with making it more difficult to solve crimes committed against black people.

9 posted on 03/28/2012 5:54:14 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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I think you’re wrong about that.


10 posted on 03/28/2012 5:54:24 AM PDT by marvlus
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You're captain of your Neighborhood Watch team. There have been break ins in your neighborhood. You see someone walking through a GATED community you don't recognize. You contact the police.

Now, what are you supposed to do? Just let this person break into someone's house, or roam around the neighborhood?

The only fault I can find so far with Zimmerman is that he obviously at some point got out of his vehicle, armed, to confront Martin. THAT was a job for the police, but I see no harm in his following an unknown person through his neighborhood until the police arrived.

I'm not saying he came out with guns blazing, but he had a weapon on him when he confronted Martin. Granted, if he hadn't had the weapon, Zimmerman would probably be dead, but the only thing that I see that he did wrong was confronting Martin.

11 posted on 03/28/2012 5:54:24 AM PDT by cincinnati65 (Romney is not MY candidate for President in 2012.)
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There was no crime until Trayvon assaulted Zimmerman.

Then it turned into a fight over control of the gun, Zimmerman feared for his life should the little gangsta wrestle the gun from him.

Their is no doubt in my mind Zimmerman would be the one dead if Trayvon had gained control of the gun.

12 posted on 03/28/2012 5:55:00 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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The author is oblivious to his own contradictions in this column:

Martin died because of racial profiling.

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

On the other hand, according to the Department of Justice, this case is more rare than many of us want to admit. Need proof? In 2009, white offenders killed 209 black individuals. Meanwhile, that same year black offenders killed 2,604 black individuals. And if that wasn’t bad enough, statistics show that 94 percent of black murders had black offenders.

Starkly absent is how many whites are murdered by blacks. And how many whites are victimized by black crime. For many whites in poorer areas, racial profiling is not racism, it's rationalism.

Even Jesse Jackson has admitted to his own form of racial profiling - hearing footsteps behind him and being relieved when it was a white person and not a black person.

Yet the same race pimps shouting the loudest about the Trayvon matter are also the first to shriek the loudest at the likes of Bill Cosby and Juan Williams when those men try to point out the pathologies of urban black culture (which Trayvon appears to have embraced).

So the cultural examination needs to be inwards for the race pimps, not outwards. It epitomizes this type of movement that it can have a college-educated participant waving an 'I am Trayvon' sign on Friday and viciously assaulting his girlfriend on Sunday.

13 posted on 03/28/2012 5:56:32 AM PDT by dirtboy
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Trayvon Martin’s murder is bigger than racism

First: When the headline starts off with a falsehood I guess you know what to expect from the rest of the tripe underneath! However, upon reading it does not coinside with the title.

Second: Can not find article from link...So, now I'm questioning the actual article title?

Please clarify.

14 posted on 03/28/2012 5:56:32 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free)
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Same source different article:

“Fight claims put Fla. teen’s side on defense”

http://www.ncatregister.com/theworld/national/fight-claims-put-fla-teen-s-side-on-defense/article_78e85b0c-7886-11e1-ba52-0019bb30f31a.html


15 posted on 03/28/2012 5:56:49 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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-- Martin died because of racial profiling. --

You know, she might be right on that one. Martin might have profiled Zimmerman, and had animus toward whites in general.

16 posted on 03/28/2012 5:57:51 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: dps.inspect

The “white community” is ALREADY “slaves to the charge of racism”.

That’s why we have a Marxist president today.

I think it will only “die” when it stops “working”.
And we have to make it stop “working” as a lever to either gain advantage or alleviate consequences of behavior.


17 posted on 03/28/2012 5:58:10 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: marvlus

My point is that the fallacious charge of racism will never, ever die... but you must mean that even if we all become like Chris Matthews, the charge of racism will not stop...


18 posted on 03/28/2012 5:59:14 AM PDT by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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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?

19 posted on 03/28/2012 6:00:28 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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George Zimmerman’s inexcusable act of violence is something that is being highlighted in this case.

Self defense.

In the words of Animal Mother, "Thank God for cycle cell".


20 posted on 03/28/2012 6:01:40 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorists savages.)
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