tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412514160831989540.post1439577812229549696..comments2023-09-22T07:37:48.371-04:00Comments on I Just Want to Be Superwoman: Trayvon Martin..A Lesson I'm Not Ready to TeachAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170968453519471587noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412514160831989540.post-63358925560031178772012-07-21T21:33:37.324-04:002012-07-21T21:33:37.324-04:00I first have to say, I read this many times over m...I first have to say, I read this many times over many days trying to keep an open mind to understand your point of view. I am still at a loss. let me try to address your points one by one. I am not sure but I think you are under the misinformation that black males are the biggest offenders against white females, this is statistically incorrect, that would be white men. I understand fear for your daughter's safety, I have two daughters also and fear for the safety in a male dominated world. But take a look at these statistics:<br />* Those inmates who were convicted of committing violent acts against children were more like to have been white, a percentage of nearly 70%, than any other race.<br />* White inmates were nearly three times more likely to have victimized a child than black inmates.<br />* About one in every seven Hispanic convicts had been convicted for a crime against a child.<br />* Nearly two-thirds of convicted child molesters and/or offenders were or had been married.<br />* Child molesters and offenders were more likely to have grown up in a two parent home and were more likely to have been molested as a child.<br />* Approximately 22% of child offenders reported having been sexually abused as a child.<br /><br />When it comes to all of my children's safety, i am much more afraid of the John Doe in the khaki's and briefcase and volvo, than Jaheem Dow with his pants hanging a lil low,, why? Because children that look like mine have been systematically raped, abused, sold and killed by John Doe's and continue to do so,without enough retribution for many many years. And the patriarchal white society has a tendency to excuse and absolve themselves at every turn. And while white women are continually raped and murdered by their own husbands at alarming rates, they clutch their purses when my son walks by.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170968453519471587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412514160831989540.post-55242545800761387412012-07-06T06:58:49.098-04:002012-07-06T06:58:49.098-04:00I'm so sorry you have to go through this and e...I'm so sorry you have to go through this and even sorrier that any male child should ever worry about police profiling. I'm not saying it's okay at all. However it is a tool that only police who trained in it's application should use. I'm also hoping what follows next doesn't seem racist as I am not and this disclaimer isn't a cover. I'm mom to 2 white little girls. Their being white doesn't really matter but the fact that they are female does. They will be profiled. Not by police but by males. Males seeking to rob, rape, kill or harm them. I'm saddened that in this world I have had to start teaching my daughters about safe people at the age of two. It hurts knowing I can't always be there. None of us are safe as long as we cover for our law breaking families or don't demand good citizenship. You are not the place to lay this question but as a blogger and writer and someone I enjoy reading on, I pose to you a question about the black community and the matriarchal approach that leaves me curious as to how the offender population is heavily black? I'm asking this as a concerned person. What is it as a black person or black mom that anyone else can do to strengthen the community, to demand education, honest living, Godly love and devotion to family? What can the black community do to as a whole to weed out the bad apples? To not align with them and subtly allow illegal activities? I'm not bashing and I accept this isn't an issue any one of us can fix on our own but I wonder what efforts it will take and when will it began that the black community as a whole is turned around and seen as upstanding without the looming doubt or fear. <br />Since this case is about Martin, I will add that it's a tragedy that should never had occurred had Zimmerman been properly profiled as a loose cannon. He was at fault the moment he started to follow innocent Martin. God speed healing to the Martin family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412514160831989540.post-29996607515175349542012-04-21T00:10:50.682-04:002012-04-21T00:10:50.682-04:00Hi, I found your blog through Black Bloggers Conne...Hi, I found your blog through Black Bloggers Connect.<br /> It's certainly not easy being us. Damned if we do and damned if we don't. This is how we teach our young ones- they don't do what we say - they do what we do. Even when it seems like they're not paying attention. My mom used to say about the children, "They can hear a rat piss in cotten if you don't want them to". <br />I'm enjoying you blog. Keep it going.Prospectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827221267107048612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412514160831989540.post-47167909942529125252012-04-14T21:16:43.286-04:002012-04-14T21:16:43.286-04:00Definitely well written Shev. But I dunno about t...Definitely well written Shev. But I dunno about teaching the negative. THe world isn't a landmine, but a goldmine filled with stupid people. He has to be smart, but not suspicious. THat is what I hope Chase got out of our conversation. Imagine getting this question, "Mommy, since Grandad is white does he think I'm bad?" I agree..definitely not the convo I wanted to have either. Sad. Well written ShevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412514160831989540.post-19553532028249527872012-04-10T21:23:51.178-04:002012-04-10T21:23:51.178-04:00I don't have sons but I have tons of young bla...I don't have sons but I have tons of young black boys that I share the same sentiment with...great blog...keep up the good work!Yolanda Englishnoreply@blogger.com