What White People Don't Understand About Rachel Jeantel

[JDPriestly]

18. The women on the jury may not create to her contradictions in the

same way men would. That is especially true of Southern women. I don't know how Southern the women on that jury are, but traditional women have a different way of communicating than do men.

So while what the prosecutor was trying to achieve is obvious, how that will affect the jury is not.

Some of the women on the jury may see her as someone with whom they have a lot of sympathy. They may judge her demeanor very differently than a man would.

I'd have to see the testimony to be able to judge.
The women on the jury might see her as brave and might think she had good reason to be defensive and hostile. You might be surprised.

The problem with the letter that she did not write is a different matter. Maybe the prosecutor needs to find and call to the stand the person who wrote the letter so that person can testify as to the origin of the letter and the circumstances under which it was written. Depends on the facts.