If the president is as concerned as he claimed to be in the Martin case, he would speak out about these atrocities as well, affecting our youth. Instead of getting Americans to connect with each other to try and find solutions to the problems facing the younger generation, he is dividng us further.
From the article:
In the poignant words of one man interviewed for the segment, “We’ve got to stop referring to people as African-American, Hispanic-American.â€
“These are American kids and they are being slaughtered by other American kids.â€
An epidemic
According to recent studies, Illinois isn’t the only state in the Midwest to see a marked rise in the number of African-American homicide victims over the course of just the past few years. A study conducted by the Washington D.C. based Violence Policy Center revealed that for the third time in the past five years, Missouri is vying for Cincinnati’s role, leading the nation in black on black violent crime.
Perhaps surprisingly, Wisconsin, too, is ranked as one of the top ten states with the highest percentage of black murder victims. Spanning the rest of the country, the other nine states found to have the highest murder rates among African-Americans include Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, California and Nevada.
Where is the outrage?
Recently, The Blaze featured a report on Rep. Corrine Brown, who, after professing in an interview to care about “all the children†who fall victim to murder, could not remember the name of a little girl from her district who was murdered and then dumped into a Georgia landfill. While Brown fumbled to find the words, she ultimately could not recall Somer Thompson’s name. She did, however, have much to say about racial profiling and how Trayvon Martin was selectively targeted for his race. For some reason, Brown and others who have followed suit in this case have failed to address or acknowledge the epidemic of murders occurring within their very own communities.
But Brown is not alone. Not by any stretch. Which begs the questions: where is the outrage from prominent members of the African-American community? Where are the words of condemnation and sorrow from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, or Rev. Al Sharpton, over the fact that members of their own communities are summarily executing each other? Critics believe that acknowledging the unfortunate, irrefutable statistical truth negates the left’s narrative about a black community selectively exploited and targeted by white racists. Some might also argue that fanning the flames of racial discontent, especially in an election year, serves a useful and powerful campaign purpose.
Thus far, hundreds of thousands of African Americans have been slaughtered at the hands of each other since the dawn of the Civil Rights movement. Is this the realization of Dr. King’s Community of Man?
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Comments: 8
How does pointing out that the president doesn't give a whit about the black youths that are murdered every day in this country, translate into my being a racist? *SMH*
You do know that Obama's mother and the grandparents who raised him, were white, don't you?
Stay right there in your own little world of Barack Obama, as you pay absolutely NO attention to the mess he's made of our economy. Someone has to point out the hypocrisy of these phoney wars they're propping up so his fanbase is deflected away from his failed policies and failed presidency.
With a net worth of 85 million, I doubt Glenn Beck is lonesome, and he laughs every day at the liberal bloggers who insult him. When you stop insulting him, he'll know he's on the wrong track.
Give it a rest; your loyalty to this president is downright embarassing. He thinks all of us are that stupid. Little does Obama know, he's only reaching those who believe he's the messiah and will believe anything and everything he says.