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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Fri May 11, 2012, 06:10 AM May 2012

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A Thought Exercise…

sonofbaldwin:

Would he have been arrested on the spot? Would the cops have believed self-defense? Would the teenager be villianized? Would the murderer be out on bail? Would ANY of that have gone down different if Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman looked like this?

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A Thought Exercise… (Original Post) MrScorpio May 2012 OP

In Their minds not Ours , We include orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #1

If his parents were still the same connected influential people I don't see what would be different. Edweird May 2012 #2

In hoodies, which one is okay--and which one is NOT? pinboy3niner May 2012 #3

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

1. In Their minds not Ours , We include

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 06:24 AM

May 2012

They exclude ,I'm glad We're Us and They're Them.

Edweird

(8,570 posts)

2. If his parents were still the same connected influential people I don't see what would be different.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 06:45 AM

May 2012

I think this is more about corruption than racism. Zimmerman isn't exactly 'white' himself no matter how he feels about others.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. In hoodies, which one is okay--and which one is NOT?

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 07:03 AM

May 2012

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