Those Americans who have been able to pry themselves away from their video games, their satellite television, and their sports obsessions have probably heard the tragic story about Trayvon Martin’s death. This young African-American was allegedly unarmed when he was shot by Hispanic George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman. An FBI investigation is currently being conducted to determine the facts regarding the case. God-fearing Americans, please pray that justice will prevail for all parties involved.
A primary focus of the investigation is the 911 call made by George Zimmerman. The call will be diagnosed by special technicians to determine if George mumbled any racial slurs before the shooting. If it can be proven that he did, then his claim of self-defense will crumble under the weight of a “hate-crime” accusation.
During Obama’s presidential campaign, he portrayed himself as the great racial unifier. He said, “…we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction.” (Political Intelligence, March, 2008) The president seems to contradict himself when he fails to constrain from weighing in on the racial issues that surface from time to time. This shouldn’t be surprising, considering his tutelage under the likes of Jeremiah Wright, Derrick Bell, William Ayers, and a multitude of other extremists.
Obama finally entered the fray in response to strong criticism from the likes of Al Sharpton, the perpetrator of the Tawana Brawley hoax, and Louis Farrakhan, who spews his hatred for Jewish people by exalting Hitler as a “very great man” and Jews as being “satanic” and their place of worship as “satanic synagogues.” (DefendingtheTruth.net, March 19, 2012) Instead of falling back on his previous theme of “we may not all look the same”, he emphasized that he and the victim have certain similarities. “If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.”
Many are questioning the President’s motive behind such a statement? Was he trying to comfort a hurting family, or was he using his words to stir racial tension and mobilize African-Americans to support him? He has been losing the political backing of many African-Americans who are not satisfied with his performance as president over the last three years. Many are offended by the idea that their vote can be earned by handing out more candy (welfare) instead of providing them with more jobs in order to make a respectable living for their families.
Newt Gingrich climbed up on his stump to declare without hesitation that President Obama intended to spawn racial tension with his comment: “What the President said, in a sense, is disgraceful. It’s not a question of who that young man looked like. Any young American of any ethnic background should be safe, period.” Gingrich went on to say, “Is the president suggesting that if it had been a white who had been shot, that would be OK because it didn’t look like him? That’s just nonsense dividing this country up?” (The Hill, 3/21/12) Questioning Obama’s intentions seems to be a legitimate quest, but in all fairness, only Obama knows the motive behind his words. He may be calling a beer summit again on the White House lawn to explain himself to the nation.
Trayvon’s tragic death occurred after the NBA All-Star game in February. About one week later, the Coon family from Kansas City was struggling with their own tragedy. Melissa Coon’s son, Allen, was targeted in the school he attended, East High School. During a discussion regarding Black History Month, Allen, who is white, tried to answer a question when his African-American teacher, Ms. Karla Dorsey, said to him, “What would you know about it? You’re not our race.” (The Moral Liberal, March 25, 2012)
Probably far less people know about what happened to Allen Coon than what happened to Trayvon Martin. There is no justification for comparing the two incidents. One boy is dead while the other still lives. But both incidents reveal that racial hatred is still a cancer that affects our culture. Allen Coon, 13, was approached by two older black males who doused him with gasoline and set him on fire. An investigation into the incident indicates it was a hate crime because of what was said as they set Coon aflame, “This is what you deserve. You get what you deserve, white boy.” (Katie Pavlich, News Editor, Townhall, March 5, 2012)
Certain Americans are questioning why they didn’t hear President Obama’s voice when Allen Coon was set aflame. Why didn’t Attorney General Eric Holder condemn this horrendous crime? Why didn’t MSNBC’s Al Sharpton and Rainbow Coalition’s Jesse Jackson and Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan mount their steeds and ride into St. Louis declaring all hate, whether perpetrated by blacks or whites, wrong and unacceptable?
We so often vehemently rise up against the sin we see in others, a reflection of a sin that may be prevalent in our own lives. Rather than confess our own sins to God, we try to justify them by discovering and magnifying them in others. We feel so much better about ourselves if we can find someone worse than we are. We feel a measure of self-hatred when we see our ugly reflection in the humanity of others. Racial hatred exists and always will because the hearts of men are depraved. Laws and courts and attorneys may be useful in limiting the effects of racial hatred in our society, but only the grace of God can eliminate the stain of racial hatred from the soul. Shouldn’t that be the message of the ‘Reverends’ Jackson and Sharpton?
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Allen Coon could have looked like my son Mr. Obama. Wheres justice for him? Or why didn’t you go on T.V. and have something to say about the tragedy purveyed on this 13 year old? I guess his plight is not worthy of your empathy or sympathty. Why? Could it be he is caucasian? I don’t give a hoot what color either of these young men are both are terrible tragedies. One lives burnt and one died (was shot to death) ,one by a hispanic and one by African-Americans. By the way, where were these African-Americans born? I’m guessing America so aren’t we all Americans? My last name is Humberger and it is very German but i don’t call myself a German-American. I’m an American and proud to have been born here. It’s ok to be aware of and proud of your heritage but by God unless you were born in another country you are an America and it’s as simple as that. You should be proud of where you are born,the greatest country in the world. You are born free and live free. I say love it or leave it!! We need to get back to the basics of our Constitution and our forefathers vision of what this great country is really all about and and read and reread the Gettysburg Address. i’m sorry I got off base here but i believe we are all created equal in Gods’ eyes because in His image we are created man and woman. Black,White, Red,Yellow and Brown or whatever ever color we are. Obama needs to Quit playing the race card along with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. God bless Trayvon family along with Allen Goon’s family and may justice prevail. Let’s make sure all facts are known before we act foolishly in God’s eyes!!!!!!!
I absolutely agree! I’m basically what ya call all American mutt, lol….Irish, German, English, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch and a smidgin of Cherokee Indian somewhere wwaaayyy back there. See why I said I’m basically All American mutt. I have 5 boys (20, 18, 13, 11 and 9 in May) and the older ones joke about wanting to drink around certain holidays. Anyways, We have NEVER used hyphenated American for our name (Sites), EVER. I refuse to let them call anybody with a hyphenated name…they are black, hispanic, asian, etc. To us, everyone is American, just as we are. On surveys, when it asks for ethnicity, we always write in American….they don’t need to know anything else. We are American and damn proud of it. My oldest son is in the Army, my husband is Ret Navy and we come from a long line of proud military. Our family has fought for our country…..It’s hard enough to teach kids to be colorblind when it comes to skin color, but if you treat everone the same, they will learn that everone bleeds red. God says to love one another, just because we don’t agree with everyone’s choices, doesn’t mean we don’t treat them with respect and love them. We pray for the choices we don’t agree(against the Bible) with and hope they learn the error of their ways, but they are still human and deserve love and respect. God bless you.
Right on bro, I agree, there is to much hate in this world, and it’s getting worse by the day. There will always be those who will stir crap up, such as Sharpton & Jackson. People like them are a dime a dozen in the democratic party, they look for issues to pop up, just to have their mugs on Tv. If that wasn’t the case, what would be important is every lose of life, not just one’s like Trayvon & Zimmerman, but ALL of them. black on Black espeacially, because the lost of life accuring amongst the afro american citizens are much greater, but do you see Sharpton & Jackson coming out against those tradject crimes, Hell no. With those two, and the left wing radio jocks, such as Ed the dead head Shultz that also works for Msnbc, then we have that chris the Obama brings a thrill up my legs matthew, both stirring up the shizkof, although they are white, they seem to enjoy wanting to see afro americans attacking only white caucasion conservatives. the only things that chris, Ed, sharpton, and jackson have in common is they are Leftist, liberal, communist that will us anything to bring this great country down, so that they can do all that they can to bring forth communism. those commies all suck, and need to leave those who are suffering due to this tradgity alone, we all know that they really don’t care, they are only trouble makers just like the Black muslim, and those damn Black Panther want to be’s.
Mr. Obama, our first “post-racial” president has also recently kicked off “African Americans for Obama.” Can you imagine what would happen if a group called “Caucasian Europeans for Gingrich” ever was formed? I was once an angry young man who thought that life was giving him a raw deal. I lashed out at things I considered unjust in the world. It took time but I realized with the help of the Lord Jesus and His Holy Spirit that the real problem was the anger in my heart, for it needed to express itself and would choose whatever was available at the moment to vent at. Today I see all these angry young people who remind me of my 20 year old self protesting what they feel is an injustice. Tawana Brawley and the Duke lacross cases teach us to get the facts before we jump to false conclusions in order to get “justice.” I don’t know how but I wish these kids could get perspective and look at their own hearts, without these agitators Sharpton, Jackson and Obama who have failed to grow up.