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

[Number23]

26. Have you seen the Washington Post article on the racial divide caused by the verdict?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/race-shapes-zimmerman-verdict-reaction/2013/07/22/3569662c-f2fc-11e2-8505-bf6f231e77b4_story.html

Most of it is a no brainer. Blacks strongly disapprove of the verdict 89%, whites approve of the verdict 51%.

What was interesting was two things:

1) Hispanics DISAPPROVED of the verdict by 60%. Considering that Zim was half-Hispanic, if that shouldn't give the average white person who thinks this was a good thing pause, I don't know what will.

2) the number of blacks who want to have the dreaded Race Conversation was super high.

Almost eight in 10 African Americans said it was useful to have such a discussion, while six in 10 whites said race is getting too much attention.

And who benefits most from racism? Who benefits most from putting our heads in the sand and pretending that all is well? The same folks running for their lives to NOT have the conversation. THIS is why I swear to God it feels that this shit is never, EVER going to change. As long as white people control the conversation, being CALLED a racist will continue to be 100 times worse than actually BEING a racist.