Originally Posted by
selfmade23
Everyone who is against the media coverage keeps saying that black people don't say anyting when countless blacks are killed by other blacks. Or that this is being blown out of proportion. That is not the point or why people are upset. Black people are angered because this is business as usual. The POLICE don't seem to do thier jobs fair. If a black person is killed, police more often then not brush it off,but if the situation was reversed Trayvon would've of been in jail and had to prove he was innocent. Anyone who believes differently is lying to themselves, ignorant are living on mars. This country has a double standard when it comes to justice.. it was set up that way. Every right that black people have in this country they had to fight for, nothing was given to us from slavery until now. White people are born with rights and they keep them, blacks have to fight to achieve theirs and how easily we lose them. We don't have the right to get certain jobs, live in some neighborhoods or drive in cetain cars in certain neighborhood while being black( technically we do but everyone knows better) This is the truth and any black man or maybe women will tell you this. A white person doesnt understand this argument because they dont go through it . I lived in Florida for 7 years and within the first 3 years I had 3 incidents with the police. Once, I was walking across the street with 2 very pretty female friends( non-black), a half a block from my house when 2 police cars road up on me, took my ID, question me and said it was reported that prostition was going on. We were just walking to the store. Or in the same neighborhood, walking home from a bar, the Police cruiser shines a bright light in my face or another time when I was embarrassed because the police screamed at me that he wanted to talk to me while in an ATM vestibule talking to my bank. Come to find out they thought someone from bang bros, was approaching girls in the neighborhood. I am sorry but arent those guys who run that site white, why would you suspect me? So this case is not just blacks complaining about Martin, It's for the African shot in NYC, pulling out his wallet, the fiance killed in Queens coming from a strip club and the countless other things that happen to Black men in this country. Also, it hasn't been mentioned too much that Sanford police department's recent history has had complaints about it's unfair policies towards blacks . The Police chief who stepped aside was brought in to fix things ...mmm.
I am sorry for the long diatribe, but as I read the post on CNN, MSN and now even here, I am so tired of people saying that black people are always playing the race card. This country was built partly on racist principles and in 60's they would say, "Why are the negos complaining, they have better then they had it before" If we would stopped then, we probably still be in segregated schools and drinking out of black water fountains. Sharpton might not be my choice to lead a civil rights movement but if people don't like him at least he gets them talking. I know this is a forum mainly about TS and I dont post much, but people really need to understand how hard it can be to be black. I am selfmade and I don't even live in the country anymore so I don't want anything for free, just fairness . I think that is all his family wants. I would think the transgendered community and their admires would understand the same thing.