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In reply to the discussion: I get that some of will never be the victim of a hate crime, neither will your friends or family [View all]DeschutesRiver
(2,359 posts)12. If trayvon had been a white child, zimmerman would become a hispanic in their eyes,probably illegal
Who should be getting the death penalty. And they'd be bitching about the illegal immigration that allowed this mexican to enter our land and try to pass for white in the first place.
Facts wouldn't matter, just that he was some sort of brown foreign kind of man who killed a white child.
And that juror B37 wouldn't be using his pet name of Georgie either, because if a white child was gunned down, then he would be one of "those people". You know...those boys of color.
And juror 37B did the same stunning analysis that your co workers did, in saying that race was not an issue for her, the other jurors and not at all for georgie. Then added that all past neighborhood crimes were done by black boys, of course. And on and on...
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I get that some of will never be the victim of a hate crime, neither will your friends or family [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
OP
also this literally just happened. the fact that it happened should shock people out of their belief
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#3
yeah i was just discussing this with someone: multiple things happened very close together
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#49
and this is only one case...think about the thousands of cases that have had no national media
HipChick
Jul 2013
#5
If trayvon had been a white child, zimmerman would become a hispanic in their eyes,probably illegal
DeschutesRiver
Jul 2013
#12
That's what I said! Exactly!! Zimmerman identifies as white, but rest
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#15
They want us to be sensitive to the needs of women, of the LGBT community,
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#14
i am not sure who this they is, but i think its fair to say that all these oppressed groups deserve
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#27
really? what does that mean? has there been a rise in hate crimes towards straight white men?
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#31
Why don't you show us some statistics of the escalating attacks on straight people by gays? nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2013
#33
For me, the biggest issue was the way the Sanford police handled this from the get go
dbackjon
Jul 2013
#19
would you have said this had this been a young gay boy being killed unnecessarily
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#24
I can't imagine, short of say a political assassination or the death of a current leader
dsc
Jul 2013
#50
i was not trying to be dishonest about Rachel, i just read your statement incorrectly. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#48
Of the 8000 or so blacks murdered each year, 93% are murdered by other blacks.
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#67