Video: Trayvon Martin

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/46930132#46930132

I'd like to share this statement I wrote for today's Rally, in Eugene, Oregon!!

Sadly as usual the Organizers are Anti-Muslims & Arabs, didn't let me speak!!

"American society is a melting pot of immigrants who came to this country for a better life for themselves and their children. They came because they believed in the values that have made the United States a symbol of opportunity and freedom to all people, regardless of race or religion. The shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the recent beating death of an Iraqi woman in California are symptoms that our society is plagued by division, anger, and desperation. The mega-corporations and the politicians who are under their sway, through their greed and lack of any sense of responsibility, have made life much more difficult for all but the wealthiest one percent of our country. By inciting such desperation these groups have also exacerbated the prejudice and violence that so often is taken out on minorities, who serve as convenient scapegoats for our own failures and frustrations. It is time that we as Americans, as human beings, come together and recognize that it is only through shared responsibility and accountability that we can honor and manifest values that we all cherish. None of us are blessed unless all of us are all blessed. To those who ignore the well being of their fellow man, whose greed is more important than human life, we say that enough is enough. Understand that you must take responsibility for your behavior and dedicate yourselves to creating and supporting policies that benefit not just a tiny privileged minority at the expense of the vast majority, but all of us. Understand that unless you act with integrity our society will continue its downward spiral into more poverty and hopelessness and that we will hold you accountable.