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Trayvon's father Tracy Martin............ Could be played actor Delroy Lindo...... DELROY LINDO

Although I understand and respect the position of some Black nationalists, many of them are no better than the White anarchists with that "A" with the circle around it running around demanding and end to this system.....but haven't came up with a better one to replace it. There must be a balance between blind-Patriotism in the face of a clearly racist/imperialist past (and present in some respects).....and the recognition that Black people seem to fair better in America than any other nation on this planet CURRENTLY. I think this balance is achieved by first acknowledging that WE as Black people belong in the United States more so than probably any other group besides the Native Americans. Most AfroAmericans are decendants of people who have been in this nation for centuries as opposed to Latinos and Asians who are 2 and 3 generation immigrants and even most Whites descended from Italian, Irish, and Polish immigrants a century ago. Our roots go much much deeper. Once you realize and recognize that this is OUR land and OUR nation you stop thinking like an outsider who has no say in which direction the nation goes and realize that not only do you have a right but a DUTY to chart the course of this nation! One of the reasons I chose to start a group called the Michigan POLICY and Commerce Think Tank (which is currently in a transition phase) was so that we as AfroAmericans can focus more on the policies and local ordinances that effect us and determin which ones we should keep and which ones should be changed to our success. We need to focus on establishing legislation that favor our community instead of constantly REACTING to laws that other people have created without our best interests in mind that most of our people have to struggle to first understand and IF they manage to jump over that hurdle....then try to adapt to them.

There were never such a thing as separate but equal schools when the ruling came out. In my hometown, when the ruling first came into existence, they opened the first so-called black library. All the library consisted of was a room with a chair in it. There were no books. Yet this satisfied the requirements of the ruling as far as the powers that be were concerned. These laws were not laws. What they were though were loopholes that allowed the ruling elite to continue business as usual.

Thanks, Troy! I really appreciate it!