Sunday Bloody Sunday

                What do I even talk about?

                I’m afraid this won’t be a very good post.  The only thing I can really connect this to is the George Zimmerman trial. 

                OH NO!  We’re bringing that back!

                One side of the coin argues that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon because he looked shady.

                The other side argues that Zimmerman fired in self-defense.

                I don’t know if anyone else knew this, but the picture they showed of Trayvon on TV was from when he was about ten years old.  Few people look shady when they’re ten.  The media and those who provided the picture wanted Trayvon to seem innocent, whether he was or not. 

                This is a problem in the world.  The media is afraid of extending stereotypes, and therefore the news isn’t really news anymore.  At the exact moment they’re trying to act unbiased, they’re really making it worse.  The news ought to tell it like it is.  Instead of making Trayvon look like a ten year old they should have made him look like the young black man he was.  People wanted Zimmerman dead because they felt so bad for the poor boy on the television.

                The story this week focused on a man who people were often afraid of in public because he was black.  The stereotype does exist, he proves that.  But at times stereotypes are well grounded.  They definitely don’t apply to everyone, but what if he really was dangerous?  What if he was dangerous and the woman had done nothing? 

                I’m not going to draw a conclusion or say who I agree with when it comes to the Zimmerman trial.  There would be people arguing against me either way for no reason.  What is done is done.