“The veil of racial progress in America has been lifted from the world’s eyes tonight,” I typed, staring injustice in its ugly face.
Trayvon Martin, the jury told us, caused his own death. Zimmerman, who racially profiled, disobeyed police, killed an unarmed teenager, and left the murder scene without any major injuries, cannot be blamed and punished for it. How anyone could reach this conclusion is beyond the pale of common sense. But common sense rarely appears and sits next to racism in America.
In the aftermath of the verdict, some pundits are pointing to the prosecution’s conscious decision to take racism, or more precisely racial profiling, off the table of arguments. And many conscious Americans are nodding their heads in agreement. I am nodding too, but nodding to a point.
