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Spider Jerusalem

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14. This argument about whether or not Zimmerman is white or Hispanic is a distraction.

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 11:32 AM

Mar 2012

"Hispanic" is an inherently ridiculous ethnic category, honestly; it means, in common usage, "Spanish-speaking Amerindian or mestizo" and doesn't mean "Spaniard" (Spaniards being white Europeans). Based solely on the evidence available from the 911 call, Zimmerman very obviously saw Trayvon Martin as an intruder and potential criminal because he was black. Which, as far as any discussion of race in this case matters, is the only relevant issue. Not whether Zimmerman himself is white, Hispanic, or something else.

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Pitting minorities against one another: Zimmerman is half-Peruvian & speaks Spanish [View all] UTUSN Mar 2012 OP

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Mar 2012 #23

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