About the murder of Trayvon Martin.

[BlueIris]

8. Alright, mea culpa on Cleita's thread and impressions.

I feel it is important for us to feel free to share our insights, whatever they may be, as long as they are posted with an eye to sensitivity. I am just very wary of any comment that even hints it might be trying to reduce a serious, and in this case, tragic event to a spiritual symbol for us to 'observe.' Which is not what Cleita was saying, so, I apologize for not ruminating a bit more before condemning this.

I am also glad that anyone sees a break in the clouds WRT what our society will do about injustice, especially the base and unacceptable kind that is racism. In light of the rise of the Tea Party, a spike in hate crimes, and what I see as a lack of interest on the part of the public in healing this social sickness, I have been extremely pessimistic about our society's ability to get out of the cess pit of racist ignorance.

It doesn't help that I just finished a book called "The Age of Austerity," by Thomas Byrne Edsall, which details, among other things, the disproportionate impact the new American depression will have on non-white voters, and also illustrates the profoundly racist motives even non-politicians have for promoting the kind of educational and economic policies they have supported these last few years. So I'm not feeling very hopeful right now.

I do hope Cleita's insights are accurate. I hate thinking this is the landscape in which we must continue to fight.