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Zimmerman chose to shoot somebody dead. His ethnicity is not an excuse. yardwork Mar 2012 #1
What did I say in the o.p.?!1 I hope hi-jacking is not going to happen to this thread. n/t UTUSN Mar 2012 #2
He is a white hispanic. atreides1 Mar 2012 #3
What led you to decide I didn't understand something?!1 UTUSN Mar 2012 #5
That's what all Peruvians say slackmaster Mar 2012 #18
That was the point of the OP. You missed that, I guess. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #24
Zimmerman's mother, Gladys, from her days as an interpreter at the county courthouse. Question appleannie1 Mar 2012 #4
Thanks for the constructive Reply. (I don't have answers to those questions.) n/t UTUSN Mar 2012 #7
Um, the courthouse where she was an interpreter is in Manassas, Virginia tularetom Mar 2012 #16
Racism has many faces. Hitler was white and so are most Jews, yet look at the amount of racism appleannie1 Mar 2012 #6
Whups, spoke too soon, apparently. I said what I intended to say in the o.p. Thanks again. n/t UTUSN Mar 2012 #8
My father-in-law is Peruvian Fawke Em Mar 2012 #9
fwiw, I didn't say "one ... (had) to be white to be a racist." Did I?!1 n/t UTUSN Mar 2012 #10
Zimmermen is a sociopathic killer who is unfathomably still not charged with a crime. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #11
your OP isn't very coherent Enrique Mar 2012 #12
I take your post seriously because of our long time shared history here UTUSN Mar 2012 #13
This argument about whether or not Zimmerman is white or Hispanic is a distraction. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #14
Is it about race? Or is it about guns and ammo in the hands of the public? Loudly Mar 2012 #15
He could be half-Neptunian & and a fluent Jupiterian speaker..No matter..It's MURDER SoCalDem Mar 2012 #17
Please, SoCalDem, the preferred nomenclature is Jovian. slackmaster Mar 2012 #19
His mother is likely mestizo; his father could be German or Jewish based on "zimmerman". FarCenter Mar 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Mar 2012 #21
Putting the killing aside for one moment... Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #22
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If they wanted to pit minorities against each other redqueen Mar 2012 #25
His family and attorney are focusing, you'll notice... Robb Mar 2012 #26
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