The shooting death in Florida of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, is tragic. However, the way Jessie Jackson, Sr. and Reverend Al Sharpton, both Baptist ministers and civil rights activists, have latched on to this tragedy is disgusting. They are both using this young man’s death to further their agendas.
George Zimmerman, who was on a Neighbourhood Watch patrol, said he was attacked by Martin and that he shot him in self defense. So far the evidence seems to support his claims; however, the matter is under investigation. Mr. Zimmerman is now in hiding though, afraid for his life, because of the uproar contributed to (if not started by) these pastors. Jessie Jackson has said “blacks are under attack” and that Treyvon was “murdered and martyred”. They fail to mention, however, that most young black men who are murdered, are murdered by other young black men. Do these two very influential leaders want to cause a race war? Is that their agenda?
The New Black Panther Party is offering a $10,000 reward for the “capture” of Zimmerman. They are also distributing T-shirts calling Zimmerman a “Cracker”. Since he is Hispanic, why would they do that? They are picking a fight, but their target is not the Hispanic community.
If blacks are under attack, it is other blacks that they need to be afraid of, according to one black man who contributed to a blog called “Booker Rising”. He says, “Allow me to expose a very open secret. The one of the reasons [sic] why most Blacks like you and me have made the decision to move away from the city and to the suburbs (where the White people are) is for the safety of our family.” [these are his words, not mine]
With the economic climate being what it is in the U.S. right now, people might be ready for a fight. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Sharpton better by careful, they might very well be poking a mad dog with a stick.
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