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qanda

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7. Huh?

Reply to Egalitariat (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 08:52 PM

Mar 2012

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Here is a picture of the "white guy" that killed Trayvon Marton [View all] Egalitariat Mar 2012 OP

Latinos can be white guys too MrScorpio Mar 2012 #1

They can be asian, too~! MADem Mar 2012 #11

South America is full of Asian-Latinos nt MrScorpio Mar 2012 #13

Yes, I know a bunch of Japanese - Latinos out of a number of SA nations. nt MADem Mar 2012 #16

peru had a guy named alberto fujimora as president arely staircase Mar 2012 #22

White Hispanic and Latino Americans FredisDead Mar 2012 #2

What difference does it make? Texasgal Mar 2012 #3

+1 Broderick Mar 2012 #38

Thanks, I guess. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2012 #4

Yep, white, latino, large, overweight, with a German surname. So? MADem Mar 2012 #5

i have a gaelic surname, fair skin arely staircase Mar 2012 #21

No One Has Been Mis-Led About This Murdering Little Racist Shit, Sweet-Heart The Magistrate Mar 2012 #6

Exactly. Well said. nt MADem Mar 2012 #12

Huh? qanda Mar 2012 #7

Okay. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #8

The race of the shooter is pretty much irrelevant. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #9

Misled in what way? Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #10

This isn't new. xchrom Mar 2012 #14

How does this change the story? Vigilantism "justice" gone-murder salin Mar 2012 #15

There has been ethnically-based hostility ... Boojatta Mar 2012 #17

so suddenly backwoodsbob Mar 2012 #18

Hispanics ARE white. DevonRex Mar 2012 #19

Not all Hispanics are white... ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #24

NCIC asks for race. DevonRex Mar 2012 #33

thank you nt arely staircase Mar 2012 #35

No. Nt XanaDUer Mar 2012 #20

Some stories early on identified him as Hispanic ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #23

Most of us have been aware of his ethnicity for nearly a week. yardwork Mar 2012 #25

. Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #26

I really don't care about the race of the shooter OR that of the victim. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #27

What have you been mislead about, do tell? LisaL Mar 2012 #28

I know a lot of racist Hispanics. Kalidurga Mar 2012 #29

Just because he may be Latino doesn't mean he can't be prejudiced or bigoted. pepperbear Mar 2012 #30

Misled? Not at all. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #31

George Zimmerman is the son of a white parent and an hispanic parent lunasun Mar 2012 #32

No one has been misled. Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #34

They said he was Latino almost right from the beginning. Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #36

First of all, you don't have to dyed in the wool klansman to racially profile someone Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #37

And Skittles are the colors of a rainbow. chollybocker Mar 2012 #39

So Zimmerman can't be charged with shooting while white? Umm, OK. Kennah Mar 2012 #40

As I said on another board... Catherine Vincent Mar 2012 #41

I wasn't misled. Iggo Mar 2012 #42