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Originally Posted by Cowperson
For this purpose, I would say Zimmerman's prior history of interacting with other races would better than having a demonstratable history of beating up/terrorizing black/gay/latino enemies.
Not sure what your point is.
Cowperson
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I don't think people mean "racist", in that Zimmerman has malice towards black people, but rather that he profiles him based on race. A lot of people do this and don't even realize they are being racist.
Personally, I think he was profiling Martin, but his clothes (and what they implied about his social status), as well as his age played a bigger role than race.
I remember a time when I was 18, I was driving home late at night in my old beater and returning a movie at the after hours dropoff at the store. A cop car pulled up behind me so I couldn't leave and he confronted me about why I was there. I guarantee you that if I was a 40 year old driving a nice car, there would have been no confrontation. I think the same type of profiling was happening here.