POTUS /Trayvon

Our President has shared a very salient opinion with the American public concerning a subject that many like to pretend does not exist:  Inequality between the races in the USA.

Unfortunately, many people have thought that President Obama should be President of Black people, rather than President of all the people; thus he has avoided overt references to the pernicious and persistent racism that is still very much a part of the American fabric.  In speaking his mind about the recent unsurprising verdict in the Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial, the POTUS has very simply stated what he and we have always known, that being identified as a Black male in America can sometimes be a very dangerous position in which to find oneself.

I am always hesitant to immediately jump to the "race card," but sometimes ya' gotta call it what it is. While I cannot be one hundred per cent certain that Zimmerman killed Martin because of race, I do believe that Zimmerman would have been much more likely to adhere to the instructions to remain in his vehicle if Trayvon Martin had been of the Caucasian persuasion, so it is very likely that race did play a major role in the killing of that young man.

In speaking his mind, the POTUS simply spoke the truth and hopefully opened some eyes and ears to the reality of inequality among the races rather than the fantasy of total equality.