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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
Even if Zimmerman was the most racist guy in the world, he still called the police to report what he thought was a suspicious person, Martin, as was proven in court, should have walked home or called the cops himself if he thought a creepy guy was following him. ... I am perplexed by the attention given to the case.
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The reason so many people feel so passionately about this case is that where you keep using the word "suspicious" to describe Trayvon Martin, most people recognize that the word you should use is "black."
Zimmerman saw a
black person and his mind immediately decided that black=suspicious. This is not really racism, it's just the nature of things in the United States.
It's what Obama addressed in his comments the other day, it's
why Martin turned around to confront Zimmerman. It's the reason LeVar Burton has to hang his hands outside his car if he gets stopped by the police so he doesn't get shot.
If Martin was white, Zimmerman sees a teenager. Because he's black he sees a suspicious person. That is a huge, huge problem and is the reason why so many people are upset about this case.
Zimmerman is not racist, he's just American, and that's what's wrong.