Michael Jackson and Dr. Martin Luther King

A great song -- Black or White. Or in this case, Black or White/Mexican? Or is it just Black or Mexican? I have honestly never cared about the color of someone's skin. I have dated men of all races actually...with the exception of an Asian man. I never could find one that made me ooh and ahh. But black, white, latino, whatever....all of them are beautiful. What is not beautiful is when a particular race has a faction of people who believe that their race defines them as individuals. If you remove the skin...we are all the same. We are all God's children, above everything else.

The Trayvon Martin case has bothered me. A lot actually. Because the Black community seems to be rallying behind a story that is a fairy tale. Trayvon was not an innocent kid who was just walking by and a Mexican/White man said, "Look! Let me shoot that black kid for no reason!". The pictures of him that were blasted on the news were pictures of him much younger than he was when the crime took place. He was a juvenile delinquent who had been suspended from school, was prone to violence, and fit the stereotypical hood kid. Why is ANY community supporting this kind of behavior? I wouldn't support a kid that was shot if he was white, and shot by a black man if he was doing the same things Trayvon was doing at the time when he was shot. That is what frustrated me most. And to call it a hate crime? Or a civil rights case? It bothers me. I personally feel, as a white woman, that there is a faction of the black community who think that they should not be discriminated against or judged by the color of their skin -- but then have a whole weekend celebration to celebrate being different or being black. I appreciate celebrating your heritage, or your family. I also know that for a LONG time, unfortunately, that people were treated poorly based on the color of their skin. It is unacceptable. But civil rights laws were passed 60 years ago. So which one should be, as a white community, pay attention to? Should we treat you like everyone else and not care that you are black? Or should you receive special treatment because you are black? I'm just your average white girl...born and raised in midwestern suburbia but I was raised around a lot of different cultures and races. I don't have a "racist" bone in my body until someone reminds me that I'm white and they are black and that they should be recognized and treated differently because of it. It is frustrating and heartbreaking. I know hate crimes still occur. There are still some really ridiculous people who judge you just by looking at the color of your skin...however, I believe it is safe to say that racism occurs commonly between all races, not just from white folks onto other races. So why are we making such a big deal out of this case?

 I think we are making a big deal out of it because the media told us too. They jumped on it, twisted it, and created it to be the story it is. We had plenty of political scandal happening to try and dig into...but the news is no longer about information...it is about ratings and getting the best story. I enjoyed this video...not all of it I completely agree with but it sums up much of what I have felt about the situation.