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NightWatcher

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7. my fav "excuse" is denial. It wasn't racist

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 05:34 PM

Jul 2013

A (half) white guy kills a black kid. It wasn't racist.

A white jury finds a white man not guilty of killing a black boy. It wasn't racist.

The white murderer says the black kid looked like a thug and was up to something. It wasn't racist.

and so on and so on and so on...

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White privilege excuses [View all] Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 OP

it's interesting how "beyond a reasonable doubt" is such a tough standard unblock Jul 2013 #1

You know the impression I got when they made such a big fuss over Trayvon's history? Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #6

Part of that is shit lawyers LittleBlue Jul 2013 #9

It's a tough standard regardless... Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #10

As hard on themselves? I though Zimmerman was mixed race and the jury was mostly white. Township75 Jul 2013 #2

Zimmerman self identifies as white.. HipChick Jul 2013 #3

D you have a link? Township75 Jul 2013 #4

I can tell you that being Latina it is easier to blend in if that is what you're looking for. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #5

my fav "excuse" is denial. It wasn't racist NightWatcher Jul 2013 #7

That is the whole point of this great divide in this country, isn't it? Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #8