President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at the White House Friday to discuss African-Americans' reaction to last weekend's verdict in the George Zimmerman case, saying that "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."
"You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African- American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it's important to recognize that the African- American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that -- that doesn't go away," he said.
It's not just the African American community that is effected. The whole country is effected because we allowed a guilty man to walk free...again.
"The African American community is painted with a broad brush"
Yes...just like the rest of us. Everyone has misconceptions and misjudgments made about them. Everybody, from every race, religion, culture, from every walk of life.
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