And I just blew my stack at an old friend about the Zimmerman case.

[Tigress DEM]

39. He's a light skinned half Peruvian in Florida.

And he has the whole "scary black man was walking in my neighborhood" mentality that justified pursuing someone with a gun, getting out of the car against 911 dispatch advise and shooting an unarmed person.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/muhammed-malik/the-killing-of-trayvon-ma_b_1397035.html

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In Arizona, George might have been the one profiled, pulled over because of his clearly Latino features. The police might have detained him for deportation if he didn't happen to have his state-issued ID on him. However, part of the uniqueness of Florida is that it celebrates the borderline whiteness of Spanish-speaking descendants, while most black communities remain disenfranchised, which allows them to maintain a certain feeling of superiority and entitlement. This is especially true where conservative power in the white Cuban community colludes with the right-wing U.S. agenda of opposition and embargos in Cuba. Those who can "pass," like George, begin to harbor contempt and even resentment against those who are black because they threaten that false superiority and entitlement complex.



I have been told by Puerto Ricans that it is the same there. Light skin is more privileged and dark skin treated less so.