Joining the Race Discussion

The incessant drumbeat that won't stop lecturing all white people about our insensitivity to the plight of the young black man in America.  I've become more than tired of it, and would like to move on.

First of all, the Trayvon Martin incident has nothing to do with racism.  It even represents a dishonest theme of what they call "Racial Profiling".  Let's just get something straight - the community in which the incident occurred had been experiencing a rash of thefts.  The thieves were reported by witnesses to be a pair of young black males.  So George Zimmerman sees a young black male wandering through the rain close to the homes aimlessly and looking around as if he's casing the houses.  He's suspicious because Martin fits the profile of the neighborhood thieves and isn't walking briskly home but wandering aimlessly in the rain. 

Technically that's profiling, of course.  But if we see somebody in the neighborhood who fits the description of a known thief, isn't it reasonable to call the police on him?  If profiling is based on experience, must it be labeled racist?  Let's suppose witnesses had identified a fat white guy as the thief - if Zimmerman called the police because he saw a fat white guy wandering through the neighborhood that night, isn't that also profiling?  Why would profiling only be inappropriate if the subject is black, but is perfectly OK if the subject is white?

We've heard a lot from black men who say they're pulled over by police for no real reason.  Some say they're also getting arrested.  How can I possibly comment on those stories unless I know something about the actual events?  Did the black man who was pulled over fit the description of a fugitive being sought by police?  Did the car he was driving match the description of a vehicle used in a robbery? 

Maybe I'm naive, but I struggle to believe that police are randomly pulling over black men solely because they're black.  Furthermore I refuse to believe that there's widespread harrassment following these stops.  I get stopped now and then, usually for a broken taillight or some other minor issue.  Do black men automatically assume when they get pulled over for the same reason that the cop wouldn't have bothered if they were white? 

Blacks are the most likely of all Americans to commit crimes, especially violent crimes.  That's not a racist statement, it's a fact.  If the police anywhere are misbehaving, then bring suit against them or petition the state and local governments to put a stop to it.  Stop whining!

And once and for all, please stop screaming at all of us about Trayvon Martin.  That case was a simple self-defense case, nothing more or less.  You want to talk race relations, at least stop trying to turn Zimmerman into something he's not.