Black Folks, It's time to STOP Taking Care of White People.

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21. i think you got it completely wrong

black people completely understand the context of this latest murder. it is the same context that led to the murder of countless other black people in america. as the asshole in florida who shot a black man in the face said: "i only shot a n^&$A*%!" (see the story on another thread here). we are frustrated by a system that routinely excuses white people (or light-skinned latinos) for murdering black people, and we are frustrated by all the people who think that is not only normal, but the way it should be. we are frustrated by the fact that trayvon martin, the victim, was put on trial instead of zimmerman...or rather, his blackness was put on trial. and THAT is why zimmerman was acquitted. we are frustrated by a system that rewards murderers, like zimmerman, because of the color of the victim's skin. there is no confusion, and there is no incorrect interpretation: we absolutely understand america. perhaps more than any other ethnic group, because we have always been TARGETS in this brutal, ugly system. there IS perpetual victimization because that's how the system was designed, and unfortunately, it still continues. trayvon's murder just opened up a deep, ugly wound.