Even if one tried it is hard to get away from the news of Travon Martin and his killer. This story is so sad yet I also find something almost comical in the situation. For years as I black man I among many others in the US of A are told over and over to take care to not even provoke police because it can lead to us being shot and imprisoned. Yet here is a situation that shows us it is not just police we need to fear but any guy with a gun. The situation is humorous in our society because whenever we state the fact that we, African Americans are not equal in this society so many are quick to tell us to not hold grudges and that things are far better since the civil rights era.
Yet, this brazen shooting of a child and the law's act of inaction proves that status of equals is not the case. Even the public outcry has not lead to the man being held by police much less arrested. I've known men who merely walk down the street and end being harassed more by local law enforcement. I hope with all the attention that this case has gained that people realize and remember that this situation is not an exception. As one visitor from South Africa said recently: "I feel sorry for you Black men in America."
Anyway the situation reminded me of a song by Pharoahe Monch:
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