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The Cerebral Assassin
I found a really great article that depicts this whole ordeal quite perfectly, everyone should check it out:
http://monoblogue.us/2012/03/26/trayvon-martin-is-dead-did-a-colorblind-society-die-with-him/
I totally agree with the author. I think he makes some great points about the case, and I fully support his final conclusions. But instead of getting into it too much, I'll let you read it.
I really do find it funny that this crime is being called a "hate crime" by a white man on a black kid. When, in reality, Zimmerman, clearly a Peruvian man, is just as ethnic as Martin was. But instead, these facts are easily ignored and swept under the rug so people like Jesse Jackson can scream out from their pulpits about the horrors of hate crimes and racism. Sure, they exist, but it really dilutes your argument if you label anything remotely close to it as such, which is what is being done with this case. It makes Jackson look bad (although that's nothing new, he's pretty much lost all credibility) and makes it harder for people to believe and listen to his views... at least, sane people that is. There's plenty of his followers out there that blindly go along with whatever he's screaming about.
http://monoblogue.us/2012/03/26/trayvon-martin-is-dead-did-a-colorblind-society-die-with-him/
I totally agree with the author. I think he makes some great points about the case, and I fully support his final conclusions. But instead of getting into it too much, I'll let you read it.
I really do find it funny that this crime is being called a "hate crime" by a white man on a black kid. When, in reality, Zimmerman, clearly a Peruvian man, is just as ethnic as Martin was. But instead, these facts are easily ignored and swept under the rug so people like Jesse Jackson can scream out from their pulpits about the horrors of hate crimes and racism. Sure, they exist, but it really dilutes your argument if you label anything remotely close to it as such, which is what is being done with this case. It makes Jackson look bad (although that's nothing new, he's pretty much lost all credibility) and makes it harder for people to believe and listen to his views... at least, sane people that is. There's plenty of his followers out there that blindly go along with whatever he's screaming about.