The tragic death of 17-year-old Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has sparked waves of public outrage and re-opened the long-dormant discourse about race in America. On Monday, talk show host Wendy Williams spoke about her family's experience as African-Americans, and described the stress and worry that she said black men live with every day.
"I'm sure we're not the only black family that extra took time to talk to our son about being racially profiled," Williams said. "For me, as a black woman, I worry about my black father, my brother-in-law, my nephew who leaves for college in the fall, my husband, who I don't sleep until I hear the garage door go up and go down."
Williams told a story about dropping her 11-year-old son, who was wearing a hoodie, off at a party, and making a point to go inside to introduce herself to the parents "just so they would understand ... there's always some sort of underlying thought when you're raising a black son."
The talk show host took a serious turn when explaining that the experience of being a black man in America is one that comes with constant anxiety, even for the women who are close to them. "Even when justice is served, we as black people, for our boys and our fathers and our uncles, this is a day-to-day worry and occurrence, whether they graduated from Harvard or are digging ditches or anything in between," Williams said. "It's just a thing of being a black male in America."
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As I have spent more time thinking about the injustice of racial profiling, I have come to a sad and disturbing realisation. Somewhere along the line in my 35 years on this planet, I have gone from being the victim of racial profiling, to being both a victim and a perpetrator of racial profiling.
An estimated three thousand people gathered in Seattle Sunday to show support for the family of Trayvon Martin and to protest the killing of the Florida teenager.
Just like Trayvon Martin, I sometimes like to have a bag of candy, often Skittles, as I walk home or to a friend's house. Just like Trayvon Martin, I often put my hood on. But unlike Trayvon Martin, I have never been followed, stopped, or shot at by police.
The first time I got stopped by the police I was 14. I didn't know what was going on. I remember I had been hanging out with friends and it was getting kind of dark. I was walking alone up Avenue D in New York City and all of a sudden I heard the sound of a police car.
A young teenager walking home, armed only with candy and a drink, should never lose his/her life because someone in a gated community feels 'threatened.'
Posted: 03/26/2012 6:55 pm Updated: 03/26/2012 7:08 pm