In the awake of the tragedy coming from the untimely death of Trayvon Martin a young black man has been the center of much controversy. I have read several articles of personal stories of many black men of being racially profiled and the reality they have to live with. I know personally of this issue being in a family of adopted individuals that are black men. As adoptive parents, you are taught to counsel your child in situations involving police enforcement to be 110% cooperative. In simple traffic violations they are taught to immediately place their hands on the steering wheel from the beginning and ask for permission to move when needed. Personally I feel this is a violation of their right of equal protection under the law. There shouldn't be any criteria to qualify you as an individual to receive protection under the law, especially because of the color of ones skin.
Do you agree?
http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/27/opinion-what-the-death-of-trayvon-martin-says-about-being-a-black-man-in-2012/?hpt=us_bn1
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