I think we can all agree with each passing generation there is less and less blatant racism, today’s kids are far more likely to cross-marry amongst different races, more of them grew up together hanging out etc.
Yet, being at basically ground zero here, of the event, I found myself dumbfounded listening to the black marchers. I mean I really truly just cannot empathize with many of them. When I see a 300+ lb. woman screaming bloody murder at the top of her lungs about “dey huntin’ our kids, dey huntin’ our kids”. I just can’t even have a discussion with her, because I happen to think she’s a f-in moron to think that. How can I possibly begin to have a dialogue with this person, when I have no respect for their point of view, which statistically speaking is absolutely silly.
Another area that I find to show I am lacking empathy, is my general indignation towards those who blew this story up. First the story came down that it was some crazy-ass giant cracker hunting down an teeny angel who was off buying candy. Then we find they doctored the photos to “whiten” GZ up. The we find out the so-called racist stuff he said on the 911 call was doctored by MSNBC. Then we find out Trayvon was actually kicking the shit out of the little chubby brown guy errrrrr….”white hispanic”. and I am not even getting into what items he purchased, the fact that Trayvon wanted to get a little buzz on doesn’t bother me.
In any case my white guilt meter is tapped out at this point and along comes the trial. Any decent defense lawyer wins that case easily, anyone with a two-bit knowledge of law knows it. Yet, despite all that, did Sharpton ever once acknowledge any of the above that might have led to not guilty? (Or Jesse). Not at all, not once. They continue to speak in tones designed to enrage people.
