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The murder of Trayvon Martin, at first hardly noticed by anyone, is now perceived in the United States as a national catastrophe. As is traditional, politicians are using this great scandal in the time of a presidential campaign.

At the end of the day, justice probably triumphed. But it is sad nevertheless that 147 years after the 13th amendment to the American Constitution (celebrated in the film "Lincoln") and four years after the election of the country's first black president, the race question remains so virulent in the United States of America

The wave of questions and conflicting opinions speaks volumes about the racial tensions that persist across the country

With every TV team that packs up and leaves, slowly but surely, Michael Brown and the questions he raised while dying on Canfield Drive are in the process of being tucked away in the attic of the American conscience.

'[Obama] is an opportunist who doesn’t want to scare off the whites.'

It’s hard not to recall an old, ironic one-liner: 'I hate racism as much as I hate black people!'