At an event to commemorate the one year anniversary of the killing of Trayvon Martin Jamie Foxx spoke candidly to the teen’s parents then serenaded with a song. Jamie is a real class act.
Jamie Foxx Sings For Trayvon Martin’s Parents
At an event to commemorate the one year anniversary of the killing of Trayvon Martin Jamie Foxx spoke candidly to the teen’s parents then serenaded with a song. Jamie is a real class act.
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No weapon Fred Hammond real gospel music justice for Trayvon God will have the last word on this
Well said.
Keep fighting the good fight, Martins. Trayvon’s death won’t be in vain.
this is all black people do though,
we are so god at being victimized and being the victims but when no one persecutes us we persecute ourselves.
no one knows for sure about this trayvon case so we cant jump to conclusions…
but how many black 17 year olds were killed by other black people this year?
how many black 17 year olds are in jail?
at the end of the day, trayvon is (and i say this with the utmost respect) just ONE black kid who was killed.
we have killed our own kind exponentially more.
just because a white man did it we are screaming about it and singing in streets..
but theres black on black murder going on and we never sing about that shit.
agreed. we are working on ourselves (with people like you speaking on it) but….when the murderers that always murdered us do it…NOW we have power in america. and we not just gonna let this one slide.
interesting commentary…
To your commentary, my reply is this:
While I agree with your call to action, Trayvon represents a different type of crime than the “typical” black kid who was killed.
Many of our youth chose a life of crime. they view it as their only option. We need to change that first and foremost. As for Trayvon, there is not evidence that he was a criminal or a thug. He was just a boy going home. IMO when black boys who are just going home get killed there is always outrage and outcry. Where the voices fall silent is the drug related/crime related violence.
As a longtime Harlem resident, I am all too familiar with this problem that you identify. However, I’ll have you know that other communities admire our willingness to challenge the system in favor of justice. So, NO, we should not back off of our stance. But YES, we should answer your call to action and attempt to find a way to point our youth in the direction of a fruitful life of education and vocation rather than crime and violence.
eou agreed
God bless!
Eou, you may still be looking at this as color. I think they were celebrating from the perspective that Mrs. Martin didn’t just allow her family to be victimized and then categorized with the others that have lost their loved ones. She fought for justice. If my child died I would want the world to hear my cry, because I think of my son as kingship and my daughter as pure light! I don’t even have kids yet, but I know if someone was to take them from me; I would need to have justice.