Following the Florida tragedy where a young black teenager, Trevon Martin was gunned in an apparent hate crime, President Obama made a profound statement. Grieving with the rest of the nation, he stated that had he had a son, he would look like Trevon.
Just like in the Trevon Martin case, I wonder what goes through the mind of the American President when he watches television images of thousands of displaced children who closely look like his own, and had he had sons, indeed they would look like the young child soldiers and poor street children abusing drugs in despair.
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