The Trayvon Martin Case is Perplexing

As a white person I can certainly understand the frustration and rage, particularly of the black community, concerning the way this was handled by the Stanford, Florida law enforcement officials. The attempt to give this national attention is certainly appropriate if this is the only way to insure that justice will be served. Obviously, whites are equally appalled and we can all relate to this kind of alleged injustice, however, blacks have historically been sensitized to these inequities.

Therefore, I’ve become increasingly annoyed why the media appears to report this as a racial incident, particularly when we don’t know all the facts yet. Again, our President jumps in as he did in the Louis Gates affair a couple of years ago and the press keeps referring to the alleged perpetrator, George Zimmerman, as a “white” Hispanic, thus aggravating the racial aspect.

Although Zimmerman seemed to be a neighborhood vigilante looking for trouble, until there is a proper investigation, the 911 tapes seemed to indicate there is room for speculation about what really happened to cause him to take such violent action. Also, we don’t know about the criminal history in the neighborhood that would require such surveillance Zimmerman was engaged in.

I am particularly chagrined that our President weighs into this again in a racial way. He says, “If he had a son, he would look like Trayvon”; does that mean he would view this any differently if it were a white youth who was murdered the same way? This President seems to have a penchant for dividing us along racial lines. He always panders to the black voting bloc, which is much smaller than the media would lead you to believe. They always seem to be talking about racial polarization regardless of the great strides we have made on this front.

I don’t know about you, but if I were black, there is no other white majority country I would rather live in than the United States, simply because I would have the greatest opportunity for an education and success with less prejudice and bigotry than any other place in the world. However, we have a leader who keeps emphasizing liberal guilt, rather than how far we’ve come. That’s why Obama’s approach to this case is so perplexing.

I see just as many black racists as I do white. As a matter of fact, how many times do you hear a black person say they are voting for Obama because he is “one of us”, his performance is not even considered.

Racism is an issue all over the world, but most countries are not as open or proactive about it nor have addressed it as well as the U.S.A. This case is a tragedy regardless of the color of the victim. Given the circumstances we have no reason to believe at this point that the alleged injustice was influenced by race. However, Al Sharpton is going to make it seem so and we now have thousands of blacks demonstrating in Chicago about a Florida shooting. Our President doesn’t help by adding to the confusion.