Tragedy

Treyvon Martin's death is a tragedy .

Zimmermon will forever have to live with the responsibility for his death.

NO ONE WINS.

America needs to come to the table to deal with racism.  It may be more subtle, more sophisticated than ever before.

But it is alive and well.

I worked with a kiddo of mixed race b/c they were depressed.  At a local high school this kiddo did not fit anywhere.  Remember the nightmare of school and how cruel kids can be?  They weren't black enough to be black and oh yes, they were too white (in manner and speech).  It caused massive pain for this kiddo.

And this kiddo is not alone.  There are many mixed racial kiddos surviving the battle, but, quite wounded.

Wake up!  America Wake up!   Our society (and most others as well) foster, support, and even sometimes encourage racism.  We need to stop.  Children are just children and they need our direction.  They need love intertwined with a Healthy discipline.  Inappropriate behavior has to stop being "ok".

We need to address our fears.  Fear fosters racism.

Guns need to be limited.  Wow, most think that a dirty word.  Is it?  Look at the deaths caused so needlessly b/c American society embraces guns.  Martin would not be dead if Zimmerman hadn't had a gun!  They would have hurt each other to be sure.  But they would probably both be alive.   I am convinced racism played a huge role in that battle for the two of them.  But the gun played the biggest role.

Neither Martin or Zimmerman appear to have been prepared to work through conflict or difference of opinion.  The conflict was out of control before it ever began b/c of racism and fear.

My question is this:  what can we take from this tragedy to make things different, better, to honor Martin's wasted death?  Racism in America is a ticking time bomb ... and it's not only Blacks and Whites but it's all minorities.  Black and White is merely the longest conflict we know of. And it is the most intense.  A person is a person regardless of color, creed, culture, religion or anything else.

Lest we explode, let us all take a moment.  Pray to the God of our understanding, serendipity or what ever our core belief is so that each of us, one by one, ends racism.  It is a complex problem which demands a complex solution.  Each of us must dig deep.