'The day George Zimmerman was acquitted was the end of a very brief moment in which I gave America the benefit of the doubt,' writes youngsinick
George Zimmerman after being found not guilty on July 2013. Photo: Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images The day George Zimmerman was acquitted was the end of a very brief moment in which I gave America the benefit of the doubt. Six days later, Barack Obama, the man responsible for that temporary suspension of disbelief, gave a speech that drove home for me how foolish I had been.
When it came to racism, Obama always gave this country more credit than it deserved. That’s why he became president. To be a Black politician, you have to devote your life to lying to the white electorate — to telling America it doesn’t hate Black people. In his defense, though, Obama appears to actually believe the things he says.
Even so, I hoped for a different outcome at Zimmerman’s trial. For once, I wanted to think America was capable of decency. That somehow Zimmerman might be seen for what he is: a violent vigilante masquerading as a volunteer watchman.A few weeks later, I was scheduled to speak at a conference in Orlando. A middle-aged white man picked me up at the airport and took me to my hotel. On the way, he made a point to note that we were passing Sanford, Florida.
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