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**F1grandprix** · 03-20-2012, 03:03 PM

I see exactly what you are saying, I too was very perplexed when I first saw this on the news, a white man killing a teenager right in front of his house. Then I see the mugshot and I'm like "That dude ain't white?" But it seems that this is the future, it's like Reverse ODR, or WODR.

I'm just now looking at this thread and want to add that I saw the photo of George Zimmerman. German surname but looks Amerindian/European. In Florida, he is considered "white". What would not be considered white in other parts of the USA is considered white in Florida, especially South Florida (and Central Florida). In Florida, the Hispanics don't want to be labelled Hispanic, they want to be called white, so most are listed as white. Anyone with a drop of European can be white. There are two choices: white or black. The extremely dark black hispanics and very dark African-Americans can be listed as black. President Obama would be listed as white here. I've seen this when I temped somewhere and the lady in charge was listing nearly all new incomers, hispanics, as white. The newspaper put out a list of all criminals that cannot be found in the county because of bogus addresses or skipped parole, with mugshots of all the offenders, sex offenders on the loose, nearly all were listed as white, except for a few black men, but all the "white" men in the photos were hispanics and light-skinned black men.

As for Zimmerman, I think he was a hyper-vigilant neighborhood watch guard and would have followed anyone he did not recognize. He should not have shot the teen. That is cold blooded murder.

I've been followed too, by hyper-vigilant neighborhood watch guards in their cars, when I walk to the grocery store/walmart at night, which is scary. It's what they do.

Then there is the case of a white teen in Florida, Michael Brewer, who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire, by a group of non-white teens. That was never mentioned as racist, but I think it was. I saw local news footage of the teens being tried in court, and all were black or hispanic.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/...a.teen.burned/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581075,00.html

03-20-2012, 03:03 PM	#23
F1grandprix Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	I see exactly what you are saying, I too was very perplexed when I first saw this on the news, a white man killing a teenager right in front of his house. Then I see the mugshot and I'm like "That dude ain't white?" But it seems that this is the future, it's like Reverse ODR, or WODR. I'm just now looking at this thread and want to add that I saw the photo of George Zimmerman. German surname but looks Amerindian/European. In Florida, he is considered "white". What would not be considered white in other parts of the USA is considered white in Florida, especially South Florida (and Central Florida). In Florida, the Hispanics don't want to be labelled Hispanic, they want to be called white, so most are listed as white. Anyone with a drop of European can be white. There are two choices: white or black. The extremely dark black hispanics and very dark African-Americans can be listed as black. President Obama would be listed as white here. I've seen this when I temped somewhere and the lady in charge was listing nearly all new incomers, hispanics, as white. The newspaper put out a list of all criminals that cannot be found in the county because of bogus addresses or skipped parole, with mugshots of all the offenders, sex offenders on the loose, nearly all were listed as white, except for a few black men, but all the "white" men in the photos were hispanics and light-skinned black men. As for Zimmerman, I think he was a hyper-vigilant neighborhood watch guard and would have followed anyone he did not recognize. He should not have shot the teen. That is cold blooded murder. I've been followed too, by hyper-vigilant neighborhood watch guards in their cars, when I walk to the grocery store/walmart at night, which is scary. It's what they do. Then there is the case of a white teen in Florida, Michael Brewer, who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire, by a group of non-white teens. That was never mentioned as racist, but I think it was. I saw local news footage of the teens being tried in court, and all were black or hispanic. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/...a.teen.burned/ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581075,00.html
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