Racial Profiling

After watching the episode of A Different World, and reading about Trayvon Martin's case, it is apparent that racism still persists in our culture.  Although we feel we have come a long way from the past, we have not, a young African American male can not walk to the store in a hoodie without being suspicious.  Stereotyping and racism has become so ingrained in our society to the point where certain clothing items are associated with certain racial groups.  After reading the article handed out in class I was really upset  for people to almost blame the situation on the fact that Trayvon was wearing a hoodie.  It is upsetting that racism has come to the point that if a young man is wearing a hoodie he is deemed as a threat and could possibly be killed.  Our society needs to recognize how backwards this is, and rather than blaming his actions, or choice of clothing, we should recognize who is a true threat.  It seems like our society has come full circle from the past,  the true threat in our society is the people that are associated with the everyday mundane discrimination of those of color.