I have a 16 year old son and I can't imagine what the parents of Trayvon Martin are going through.
I support their efforts and will continue to lift them up in prayer.
HOWEVER!
*somebody say however*
HOWEVER...............
I'm a bit taken back by the selective outrage I'm seeing from my people.
It seems like everybody and their mama is rocking a hoodie nowadays in support of Trayvon.
That's great, but I have a question:
Where has all of this outrage been?
Thousands of young black men are murdered in this country every year, and most of the them are murderer by other young black men.
And because of this stupid "No Snitching" code in our community, some of their killers are still walking the streets.
Where are the marches and protests for those families?
Why aren't people outraged about those cases?
Is it because George Zimmerman is white, and this case has a racial overtone to it?
Is it because it's easier to point the finger at white people and say,
"They're killing our young black men"?
We're so quick to shine the spotlight on police brutality, and cases like this where young black men are racially profiled and stereotyped.
Yet, we dim the lights when it's time to talk about the effect black on black crime is having in our community.
I'm not saying that the outrage in this case isn't justified-it's more than justified.
But I think it's time we stop having "selective outrage".
