But what is most needed -- more than just keeping the focus on Trayvon -- is for his death to spark an uprising of awareness and consciousness, maybe similar to what Emmett Till's death did in 1955.

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Maybe that means saving up more money to buy the home of your dreams or waiting till next year to take your once-in-a-lifetime vacation.

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