http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1307/S00112.htm Trayvon Martin: A Jewish Response Monday, 15 July 2013, 1:33 pm Opinion: Rabbi Michael Lerner Trayvon Martin: A Jewish Response by Rabbi Michael Lerner July 15, 2013 The acquittal by jury of Goerge Zimmerman who shot and murdered the unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was emblematic of the consistent racism and double standard used in the treatment of minority groups or those deemed “Other” in the U.S. and around the world. Where is there justice in a world in which so many people suffer oppression and in which those who choose to use violence as a way to address and deal with their hatred and fear often seem to triumph? [....]