Tag Archive for ‘Trayvon Martin’
TIP Exclusive: Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Trayvon slaying
May this tragic act help the US to be true to the ideals of the founding persons of your great nation. May you all realise that you really are all members of one family, God’s family, the human family: black, white, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, lesbian, transsexual, gay, bisexual, and so-called straight all belong together in the bundle of life.
American Sons: President Obama and Trayvon Martin
In response to Newt Gingrich comment, “What the president said is disgraceful. It’s not a question of what the young man looked like. At some point we need to talk about being Americans.” Gil writes, “There is a strangeness about these still early days of the 21st century, when there are those who believe that their definition and description of “American” is THE definition and description of what it means.”