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MrScorpio

(73,772 posts)
Fri May 11, 2012, 06:10 AM May 2012

A Thought Exercise…



sonofbaldwin:

Would he have been arrested on the spot? Would the cops have believed self-defense? Would the teenager be villianized? Would the murderer be out on bail? Would ANY of that have gone down different if Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman looked like this?

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A Thought Exercise… (Original Post) MrScorpio May 2012 OP
In Their minds not Ours , We include orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #1
If his parents were still the same connected influential people I don't see what would be different. Edweird May 2012 #2
In hoodies, which one is okay--and which one is NOT? pinboy3niner May 2012 #3
 

Edweird

(8,570 posts)
2. If his parents were still the same connected influential people I don't see what would be different.
Fri May 11, 2012, 06:45 AM
May 2012

I think this is more about corruption than racism. Zimmerman isn't exactly 'white' himself no matter how he feels about others.

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