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In reply to the discussion: Background on Zimmerman [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)Even the affect his father, who someone is saying is a racist, COULD have been a contrary effect, depending upon the nature of that relationship.
Z likely would NOT have responded to Trayvon had Trayvon not been Black and/or wearing a hoodie, but his response is not evidence that all of his responses to all Blacks wearing hoodies, or not, would have been of the same nature. Without more support, the Black -ness and the hoodie COULD have been only incidental to Z's impulse to be the hero.
You have to PROVE, not only, that Z **THOUGHT** "All robbers (in this neighborhood) are Black" but ALSO "All Blacks (in this neighborhood) are robbers." There is a good probability that Z agreed with the first of these two propositions. It is not likely that he thought the second and the Defense is going to say that based upon his mixed-heritage background, though there's nothing that says different races, including Blacks, do not discriminate, not only against other races, but, perhaps more on class differences, amongst themselves.