Face It: Trayvon Martin is Dead Because Many White People Are Afraid of Black People

[Brewman_Jax]

http://www.alternet.org/news/154723/face...ck_people/

From the article:

Quote:It’s been a while since we've chatted about the invisible knapsack of black privilege in the age of Obama. Tragically, the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman demands that we black folks engage in some “real talk,” as I like to say, about our special role in American society.

During the last week or so, I have spent a good amount of time listening to white folks talk about the shooting of Trayvon Martin. I have talked to friends, been invisible as I sat next to white people at bars and cafes, and eavesdropped on conversations while riding on the bus. I have watched Fox News and lurked on right-wing Web sites to get a fair sense of “real America’s” collective pulse on this issue. I truly care about white people. I am their best friend because I always tell them the truth.

After doing all of this research, I have come to a conclusion that may be a bit upsetting to some of you: Black people are scary. In fact, I have come to realize that as a black man, I am a member of a group that scares white people more than any other in America.

I think we should own this fact. Could it be that the disproportionate coverage we are blessed with by the news media has convinced white America that we are a threat to them? Always suspicious, dangerous and suspect? Is this fear a result of a deeply held, almost primordial belief that still lurks in the collective subconscious and racial id of whiteness: that black men are naturally more vibrant, masculine, dynamic, virile, and athletic than white men?

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Though written in a bit of a tongue-in-cheek style, the writer makes a compelling point. Pres. Obama is their, and too many other white people's, nightmare: Someone black that is not in support or service, but a black man that has actual charge in their lives and they can't do a thing about it. G.W.Bush* ran the country off the road and the rabid racist RW enjoyed the ride.

The rise in hate groups and anti-gov't militias and gun sales right after the election in 2008 had nothing to do with the zombie apocalypse.

[Peacetrain]

Brewman, I have been a supporter of SPLC for 15 years.. and the rise in hate groups that the SPLC keeps track of has skyrocketed since 2009. SPLC is the Southern Law Poverty Center

It is not coincidental. The haters feel empowered.

http://splcenter.org/get-informed/news/s...-groups-at

[Brewman_Jax]

(03-28-2012 09:18 AM)Peacetrain Wrote:  Brewman, I have been a supporter of SPLC for 15 years.. and the rise in hate groups that the SPLC keeps track of has skyrocketed since 2009. SPLC is the Southern Law Poverty Center

It is not coincidental. The haters feel empowered.

http://splcenter.org/get-informed/news/s...-groups-at

I'm glad that you are a supporter. The SPLC does a great job at keeping up with the various hate groups and their locations.

[NJMaverick]

it's was his hatred

[sandnsea]

Which came first, the fear or the hatred. Sadly there is no way to address any of it without the fur flying.

[KonaKane]

Just about any sociologist/psychologist will tell you that fear is at the core of any hate.

[Treestar]

It is interesting to see how many white people swallow hook, line and sinker Zimmerman's allegations that Trayvon was doing something wrong by being in the neighborhood.

And Zimmerman's "fear for his life" and how reasonable it was or not - they just assume it must have been.

[KonaKane]