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Who Is 'Racist'?

renny4 Wrote: Apr 24, 2012 9:42 AM

The worst of the racism is that because George had a German last name of Zimmerman that media immediately, without any verification whatsoever, assumed he was a white European descendant, you know those people who followed Hitler, and would AUTOMATICALLY be racist and a murderer. Additionally, Hispanics and Latinos ARE NOT A RACE, but peoples of mixed racial heritage, and the Spanish portion is white European, so they are not Asians or Negroes, making racism is NOT an issue except that Trayvon Martin was black, and since he was not the blue-black of a native African person, we can assume Trayvon was also white-African, like the big o (who claimed him for a son). I am sorry for the death of anyone's son, but justice should be done.

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PMcQB Wrote: Apr 24, 2012 9:47 AM

Yep. The members of Pravda/Tass are still disappointed that Zimmerman did not end up being "white".

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Who Is 'Racist'?

Whatever the ultimate outcome of the case against George Zimmerman for his shooting of Trayvon Martin, what has happened already is enough to turn the stomach of anyone who believes in either truth or justice.

An amazing proportion of the media has given us a painful demonstration of the thinking -- and lack of thinking -- that prevailed back in the days of the old Jim Crow South, where complexion counted more than facts in determining how people were treated.

One of the first things presented in the media was a transcript of a conversation between George Zimmerman and a police dispatcher. The...

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