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2016 Postmortem

egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Sun Jul 7, 2013, 08:32 PM Jul 2013

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I was Trayvon Martin the day I came to America

I have been profiled. Trayvon Martin's murder by racist security guard George Zimmerman illustrates the dangers of racial profiling. If we simply remember all humans or conditioned by environment and not by race just maybe we would have a more just society.
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http://egbertowillies.com/2013/07/03/i-was-trayvon-martin-the-day-i-came-to-america-2/

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I was Trayvon Martin the day I came to America (Original Post) egbertowillies Jul 2013 OP

Texas hasn't changed much at all. All they did was flip the rock & embolden the profilers Sunlei Jul 2013 #1

egbertowillies. What a burden to bear, so much creativity destroyed. Thanks for the OP. freshwest Jul 2013 #2

Thank you very much for your eloquent and insightful words, EW. nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #3

Eloquent and awesome. love_katz Jul 2013 #4

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

1. Texas hasn't changed much at all. All they did was flip the rock & embolden the profilers

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Sun Jul 7, 2013, 09:24 PM

Jul 2013

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

2. egbertowillies. What a burden to bear, so much creativity destroyed. Thanks for the OP.

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Sun Jul 7, 2013, 09:42 PM

Jul 2013

I urge anyone who sees this thread to please go and read all of the link!

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

3. Thank you very much for your eloquent and insightful words, EW. nt

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Mon Jul 8, 2013, 01:48 PM

Jul 2013

love_katz

(2,584 posts)

4. Eloquent and awesome.

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 05:59 PM

Jul 2013

Please click the link and read.

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