there are no words to even describe how i feel now. my heart has just dropped to my stomach and i feel like another piece of me has been taken away. i’m gonna miss my godmom so much. i pray that God creates a turnaround, but for now .. i can’t.
so over people and life right now. this shit is about to be my new best friend.
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Years before the killing of Trayvon Martin grabbed the nation’s attention, the teen’s father warned him that his race could make him a target of violence.
The advice Tracy Martin gave his black son, that people veiled by racism and prejudices might see him as suspicious or violent, is a common and continuous warning in many black families, parents and experts say. In the aftermath of Trayvon’s death, more families are having “the talk,” teaching sons to be aware of their race, avoid confrontations with authority figures, and to remain calm in situations even if their rights are violated.
“I’ve always let him know we as African Americans get stereotyped,” Tracy Martin, Trayvon’s father told USA TODAY three weeks after his son’s death. “I told him that society is cruel.”
Trayvon, 17, was shot and killed on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., as he was returning to a gated community after buying candy at a nearby store. The gunman, George Zimmerman, whose father is white and mother is Hispanic, now faces a charge of second-degree murder.
Trayvon was “profiled” by Zimmerman, who “falsely assumed (Trayvon) was going to commit a crime” as the teen was trying to get back to the home of his father’s girlfriend, according to public filings by Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey. The documents portray Zimmerman as the aggressor throughout the incident, remarking to police at one point that people like Trayvon were “punks” causing trouble in his neighborhood.
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USA Today (via the Detroit Free Press), “Trayvon Martin’s Father Warned Son About Stereotypes.”
This is for anyone who thinks that race had absolutely nothing to do with the Trayvon Martin murder.
Seven words: “Get your head out of your ass.”
(Source: inothernews)
