There has been a change for the better in this country –
and I’m sure it’s no coincidence that it has happened during the tenure of our
first black president – with respect to public knowledge and outrage at the
unjust killings of young black men. Trayvon Martin’s death is the one that made
huge national news headlines, but unfortunately his death is one among many
that occur year after year because someone, usually a while man and often a
police officer, mistakes him for a threat. These young men become names in the
news and we learn little about who they were outside of the specific
circumstances in which they died.
