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XemaSab

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5. And there's the whole

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:31 PM

Jul 2013

"XOMG, he smoked weed! He was caught writing WTF on the wall! He tweeted about drinking robitussin! He had a picture of himself with GRILLS! OHNOES!" as though this obviously meant that he was destined to be dead or in jail by the time he was 20.

At my high school my lily white friends and I thought it was fun to dress up like crips and go to the mall. There were ALL KINDS of drugs... I never heard about heroin and ADD drugs weren't in yet, but weed was everywhere and I heard about 'tussin, powder cocaine, acid, shrooms, and ALL THE BOOZE. Graffiti wasn't common, but there were kids who went around tagging. And you know what? Most of these kids got into 4-year schools right out of high school and they're professionals today.

It's a shitty and racist double standard to point to a black kid doing something "bad" and make it like it's the sign of a terrible human being when a white kid doing the exact same things would be considered "typical."

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What really pisses me off re the RW spin re black men in America and Trayvon Martin [View all] malaise Jul 2013 OP

It is the usual racist players exploiting their audience's inherent bigotry and hate... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #1

THey are exposing themselves big time this time around malaise Jul 2013 #2

You wouldn't know it from the way they describe him oberliner Jul 2013 #10

They are playing the race card non-stop malaise Jul 2013 #11

Amen oberliner Jul 2013 #23

and if you call them on their racism noiretextatique Jul 2013 #3

+1 freshwest Jul 2013 #4

Well said malaise Jul 2013 #7

And then turn around and act like the victim when called out on it. There are racist Democrats. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #20

And there's the whole XemaSab Jul 2013 #5

If smoking weed was supposed to destroy one's life malaise Jul 2013 #8

It's time to decriminalize all drugs XemaSab Jul 2013 #15

I dare someone to ask Hannity about meth malaise Jul 2013 #17

i went to a prestigious, exclusive college noiretextatique Aug 2013 #26

I think of that "first" twit juror's ... etherealtruth Jul 2013 #6

I don' t think Zimmerman was afraid of Trayvon Martin malaise Jul 2013 #9

I agree gollygee Jul 2013 #12

Yep Trayvon's life is over malaise Jul 2013 #13

he concocted a racist tale he knew would resonate noiretextatique Aug 2013 #24

Which is very sad gollygee Aug 2013 #25

racism isn't based on logic noiretextatique Aug 2013 #31

And he succeeded malaise Aug 2013 #34

i had a little hope based on the DNA evidence, or lack thereof noiretextatique Aug 2013 #37

Of course he wasn't afraid Spirochete Aug 2013 #32

Both sides thought women would make the best juror. One side thought mothers would go their way, Dustlawyer Jul 2013 #18

Most of us black people knew what the deal was. They wanted mostly white women because white women Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #21

Maybe NOLALady Jul 2013 #14

Don't hold your breath malaise Jul 2013 #16

With what the public already knows about GZ's character, Moses2SandyKoufax Aug 2013 #38

Only way to make them face reality malaise Aug 2013 #39

Except for the fact that all of the warning signs were already there. Moses2SandyKoufax Aug 2013 #40

Shouldn't be surprising. Look how they treat the president and his wife. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #19

Bingo! Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #22

This is a particularly edhopper Aug 2013 #27

Well said malaise Aug 2013 #29

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #33

Here, here! 100% agreed. nt brush Aug 2013 #28

Thanks brush malaise Aug 2013 #30

Right! Moses2SandyKoufax Aug 2013 #35

Excellent post malaise Aug 2013 #36