As a white middle-aged female, I cannot claim what it feels like to be blac., However, my heart has broken many times for my half black nephew, son of my sister (may she RIP).  

Nathan is a grown man now with a son of his own, but growing up looking African American with a white mother and little sister was not easy for him.  He was called "zebra" in school by kids who didn't like him, yet he was well liked by most because he is a wonderful person, handsome, kind and nice to be around.  

I can remember an indicent where he was walking home from his girlfriend's house, not doing anything wrong, and he was stopped by police, slammed up against a cop car, spread eagled and searched.  He was only 16 at the time.  What that did to his psyche, I'll never know because he does not talk about things like that.  He is a good person with a good heart, and he goes through life with a good attitude.  But I do know how much it has hurt me when I have been treated badly and unfairly.  What happened to Trayvon hit me in a mighty and personal way.

We need to learn to really do what Jesus told us to do, and that is to love one another, and that includes minorities, gays, poor people and people who have different beliefs than we do.  I hope the Christian community will start showing a loving example and change the image many have of Christianity now due to many things the so-called Christian right do and say.  And that's my two cents worth.