tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post2676104603444036271..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Just sayin...Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-90242663186283337162012-03-25T15:20:56.768-05:002012-03-25T15:20:56.768-05:00My own grandson could be Trayvon in ten years. Th...My own grandson could be Trayvon in ten years. This has to stop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-79261960151112957042012-03-25T13:28:45.547-05:002012-03-25T13:28:45.547-05:00Yup.
When Trayvon's story first broke, I thou...Yup.<br /><br />When Trayvon's story first broke, I thought, "this kid could've been a future president. Something like this could have snuffed out Barack Obama, Jr.'s life when he was a teenager."<br /><br />And of course, President Obama's statement was perfect: it held the implicit painful and obvious truth every black parent in America lives with every day. I know his statement jarred a lot of white consciences -- and that's good. That means Trayvon's life is broadly being seen as having value -- something of a break from the usual social treatment of young black lives in America. It's time for white America to see this ugly truth plainly. I guess Rox News and right-wing media will serve a useful purpose here, if only to provide an instructive stark and ugly contrast to the reality being acknowledged -- at long last -- by decent Americans.Beulahmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-21743044583003232922012-03-25T12:25:00.001-05:002012-03-25T12:25:00.001-05:00I would not doubt that PBO got the "talk"...I would not doubt that PBO got the "talk" from someone when he came to the mainland to go to college. <br /><br />He talked about trying to get a cab in NYC! He knows personally what happened to Trayvon and he knows personally that were he not President and had a son, Trayvon could have been his son. He knows!!!<br />Smilingl8dyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-5215478357301699212012-03-25T09:14:31.232-05:002012-03-25T09:14:31.232-05:00Absolutely. Now, if we look through some of the ph...Absolutely. Now, if we look through some of the photos of him as a child (I don't have many, but I'll take a look)<br /><br />His comment is eternal ... it's who he is and how he reaches our depths.Rhodanoreply@blogger.com