One last thread before I bow out of World War Z

[XemaSab]

43. If my best friend was murdered, this is not how I would be acting during the trial:

Because she's black and comes from a disadvantaged background, it's totally fine that she's illiterate and sits there in court rolling her eyes and acting like she'd rather be anywhere else at all, instead of acting interested in bringing her friend's killer to justice?

I come from a disadvantaged background and I was involved in a court case when I was 16, and everyone involved told me to show up looking respectable, act like I was interested in what was going on, be polite, and don't give anyone any reason to doubt my character. The trenchcoat, the Nine Inch Nails shirt, and the Doc Martins stayed home.

Making excuses for her because she's black is as racist as profiling Trayvon in the first place.

Whether she wanted to be or not, she was there attesting to Trayvon's character, and she failed badly.

She was the star witness, and she totally sunk the case.