I have been challenged and silent as I read the various commentaries regarding the Trayvon Martin case over the past week. The non-logical assessments of the facts that have been presented to date speaks to the ability of people to see the truth, but deny it by hiding behind statements like –“I’m waiting on the facts.”
Critical thinking is the ability to weigh probability, historical context, and relevance yet remain open to the discovery of truth based on what is and not get lost in a scope of hope of what is yet to come. It is more than “waiting for all the facts” especially given that historically facts are and have always been manipulated by those in power. We’ve seen this over and over again in these here United States – we only need to look at the tragedy of slavery, the holocaust and the denials thereof to affirm that “facts” in and of itself cannot alter the truth of WHAT IS!
To think peoples’ request for justice, who have historically been denied this convenience would be lambasted and chastised – it’s unconscionable.
Until we acknowledge our biases and prejudices; real, imagined and typically irrational – until we acknowledge where we are in our belief that it is CHARACTER and not Color that determines the authenticity of humanity – we will never move forward into our ONENESS which is the true purpose and measure of a derived human-kind.
Mom and Dad – I want to thank you for not allowing your children to rationalize their fears and experiences in such a way that would inhibit our ability to love each person based on “the person” – not their outer wear – bought or God-given-- not their station, their preferences, their abilities or lack thereof – but purely and simply the person.
One day – We SHALL OVERCOME!
