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                                                                         Trayvon Martin

Most of America is getting up to the minute information on the horrible tragic murder of Trayvon Martin.  African Americans are well aware of being judged by the color of their skin on a daily basis.
Heck, I saw a White gentrifier in New York's Harlem at noon just today, holding her purse so tight that I wanted to snatch it just on GP.  And while she was walking by, two cops were harassing a young Black male who was on his own block just hangin out.  Asking him for ID and making him "move along".

But when President Barach Obama says, "You know, if I had a son he would look like Trayvon."
I said to myself, "Wow, it's pretty cool that not only do we have a President that pays attention to what's going on in America, but that this Black man is on point and that he identifies with this issue of race in America."

If I ever got a chance to speak to President Obama, I'd say..."Hey Mr. President, I know why you said what you said about Trayvon Martin, and I know why you get it"...

"It's Because You're Black!"

Two Black Girls Called Animals By White Woman On New York Train

 

 

Two females from Brooklyn were riding the A train and one was eating spaghetti.  Apparently the White woman sitting across from them was annoyed.  Well you can see from the YouTube video that she got a well deserved beatdown for not minding her business.  Now if the females were White, do you think that she would have called them animals?  Do you think that because the females were Black, that she felt "entitled" to tell them how she felt?

Well we don't know what was going on in the White ladies mind.  But we do know that when a White person calls a Black person an animal, unless that Black person is religious, or just non-violent, or there's a cop around, the White person is getting a smack down!

Hey ladies, do you know why this happened?  You guessed it.  "It's Because You're Black!"

Arresting Minorities For Marijuana Possession Is THE Top Priority In NYC

In 2010 alone, 50,383 people were arrested in NYC for marijuana possession, according to the Drug Policy Alliance group.  86 percent of those arrested since 2002 were Black or Latino with 70 percent being under 30 years old.  Although research shows that White people use marijuana at much higher rates.

But you would be surprised to know that when the cops ask you to empty your pockets, you actually don't have to.  If they do a full search where you are required to empty your pockets, it must be because of probable cause because they think you have a weapon.  So if the cops randomly stops you to request you to empty your pockets and you're doing nothing illegal, all you have to say is, "Am I under arrest?"  If not, then you can go on your merry way.

So far there have been no studies on how many minorities have been beaten, shot, maimed or arrested unlawfully for asking this question, so please don't hold us accountable for what may or may not happen if you do ask.

Take a guess why this is happening in New York.  You guessed it, "It's Because You're Black!"