I mean, it was only two weeks ago when almost every white person I knew was tweeting about stopping a brutal African warlord from killing more innocent children. And they even took thirty minutes out of their busy schedules to watch a movie about dude. They bought t-shirts. Some bracelets. Even tweeted at Rihanna to take a stance. But, a 17 year old American kid is followed and then ultimately killed by a neighborhood vigilante who happens to be carrying a semi-automatic weapon and my white friends are quiet. Eerily quiet. Not even a trending topic for the young man.
—- Michael Skolnik.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Trayvon Martin's Murder: Where are the activists now?
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Damn! Powerful comment, which I think is fair, so far as I can tell about the white public and the social media. But, thankfully, real protesters have done something important: they have goaded the media and the rest of us to take notice. I've often had mixed feelings about Al Sharpton going around the country to where controversies are occurring, but in this case, it was necessary and it works.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, there is NO REASON to shoot someone whom you followed, you goaded, and who was unarmed. And it's outrageous that Florida and some other states have laws that put the burden of proof on the unarmed dead person!