[cheebacheeba]

It's a pity to see that there's still so much racial tension in the US, to this day, not only surrounding this, but it would seem, a lot of other issues. I mean, I'm not saying my country is prefect in terms of racial harmony, but it sure seems like there's a lot less of this kind of shit by comparison, and trust me, we've got people from all corners of the globe living here too. Maybe it's just the sheer amount of people over there...I dunno...or maybe I just don't notice it as much, being a completely non-racist person, I guess I may sometimes tune out the kind of things I don't wish to personally involve myself in.

I'm not really aware about much US history, but my own country has had a rather violent history post white arrival, that's to say the least. However, certain people to this day, over 200 years later, feel they are owed some kind of special treatment and apologies from my people, sadly don't seem to realise that in doing this, they are only perpetuating what should be a long-dead issue, narrowing down their own oppertunities in this country, and actually adopting far more (reverse) racist attitudes than the majority of those they cry persocution against.
Not to say that these people are solely to blame, it's just unfortunate that not everybody ACTUALLY wants to get along.
I acknowledge that I speak of a different case entirely, but this is as close as I have to an individual perspective on the matter.
Basically, in any case like this...Bad shit has happened, as humans, we've commited many violent and horrible acts against eachother throughout history...we all acknowledge this. However, I think that anybody that feels the need to make their life about constantly referring to the past, their ancestry, or the wrong commited by the ancestors of others, and can actually bring themselves to use these things as ammunition to fuel hate crimes, is a fucking sad case, and needs to get with the present...Living in the past will only ever fuck with the future.

As for the teen that was murdered on account of his particular style/design of clothing...what a fucking joke. A totally backwards step there, and very sad to hear about. By the sound of it, in this day and age it's not a symbol I'd particularly display with pride, and may consider it a little tasteless, being aware of certain elements it used to represent...but I'm sure that if the person were still alive today, and questioned about it all, you'd find it was a matter of ignorance more than malice. I personally think that the killing of this person was the act of a far more racist person/people, those that obviously lie in wait for an excuse as small as this to commit violent acts are truly undeserving of the free world.