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MorningGlow

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13. Absolutely agree, Cleita--I got the same message
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:47 PM
Mar 2012

I've long thought that we are at a tipping point for all the racial issues in our country. We had pretended everything was fixed after the civil rights movement--we buried the issues, looked the other way, but they were all dragged to the surface when President Obama was elected. It has been ugly to look at, and it still wasn't being dealt with.

Now Trayvon. I don't care that, long after the fact, they allegedly dug up some "witness" to say that Trayvon attacked Zimmerman (can you tell I'm not buying it? )--this was a clear-cut instance of a horrific, racially motivated crime. And clear-cut is what we need right now--something that nobody can shrug off (the hoodie was to blame? that's all they got??) Now it all comes full circle with Obama saying if he had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. Links everything together. We have no more excuses--we have to purge this poison from our country. I pray that we do.

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