SCREW YOU ALL

Zimmerman found not guilty in killing of Trayvon Martin

From the Washington Post:

A Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter Saturday night in a case that alternately fascinated and appalled large segments of a spellbound nation.

The saga of Zimmerman’s shooting of an unarmed African American teenager named Trayvon Martin whittled into the American vernacular, transforming “hoodie” sweatshirts into cultural markers, and provoking a painful reexamination of race relations in this country. Even the racial and ethnic identity of Zimmerman — he has a white father and a Hispanic mother — demanded a reordering of conventional paradigms. He was frequently referred to as a “white Hispanic,” a term that, for some, reflected a newly blended America and, for others, felt like an uncomfortable middle-ground.

More here.

It is now legal for states to disenfranchise blacks. It is now legal for a man to strap on a gun and go hunting for black kids in the street. A prominent Republican Senator defends the white supremacist he has employed on his staff. Hundreds of thousands defend celebrity chef and neo-confederate Sambo wedding planner Paula Deen. All in the last few weeks.

And somehow I'm the impolite one for observing that this country continues to have a massive problem with racism, and pointing out the people who everybody knows are responsible? Screw you all. America has leveled whatever moral high ground it thought it had. Today is a day of deep shame for our nation.

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