I saw the burglar thread and thought this warranted a post. WHO DA SHAF-FU thinks we live in a post-racial society??? Blows my mind. And I wonder WHY the white guy wasn't arrested... When was the last time you heard of a white guy shot for holding skittles and an iced-tea? This is equality in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CcVC...0ZjYjQ&lf=plcp

No news link? No real insight, as a black man I am ashamed by this post. You can't just throw shit like this out without the proper backing. This I why racial topics get glossed over so much because people don't put actually effort into topic.

Jesus nothing but a ig YouTube video?

Originally Posted by Soodmeg No news link? No real insight, as a black man I am ashamed by this post. You can't just throw shit like this out without the proper backing. This I why racial topics get glossed over so much because people don't put actually effort into topic. Jesus nothing but a ig YouTube video?

He referenced the burglar thread which has the link in it, but here's the link for people who aren't following that thread:

http://news.yahoo.com/family-florida...044537742.html

Originally Posted by soodmeg no news link? No real insight, as a black man i am ashamed by this post. You can't just throw shit like this out without the proper backing. This i why racial topics get glossed over so much because people don't put actually effort into topic. Jesus nothing but a ig youtube video?

LOLZ

Originally Posted by dohdough http://news.yahoo.com/family-florida...044537742.html zimmerman was previously arrested for assault on an officer: http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/...od-has-/nlpgl/ just so people don't have to go fishing for facts: - zimmerman saw martin walking on the street and called 911(it's assumed that zimmerman was in his car because he was stalking martin in it) - 911 told zimmerman to stay put and wait for the cops - zimmerman is quoted as saying "those assholes always get away" on the 911 recording - a fight occurs - within 2 minutes of the 911 call, martin was shot in the chest - after the shot, 6 neighbors called 911 to report a fight and shooting

More Links:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1343223.html
http://gma.yahoo.com/orlando-watch-s...-abc-news.html

There are reports of witness coercion as well. A few witnesses say that they believe it was Martin that was screaming for help and not Zimmerman. Zimmerman has also been reported as being "over-zealous" in his duties as captian of the neighborhood watch.

All this is info is found with a simple google search.

I've been following this story keenly and if the local authorites don't do anything, I hope the feds jump in. There's a lot of fishy bullshit going on.

Originally Posted by Soodmeg No news link? No real insight, as a black man I am ashamed by this post. You can't just throw shit like this out without the proper backing. This I why racial topics get glossed over so much because people don't put actually effort into topic. Jesus nothing but a ig YouTube video?

REALLY??!??!? You think THAT'S why racial topics "get glossed over"? If you are ashamed by this post you need to look in the mirror and tell yourself that you are a worthy human being.

When I decide to submit the above video to an academic journal, I'll make sure to submit a works cited list... and include a link to a news article.

I knew all of that information already, my point was that it gets lost when you just run into a room, shout something and then leave. If you are going to post a topic, post the the topic. The "I'm outrage...check this video out" is kinda lame. Also, I have never seen of that video before but it was poorly executed. Maybe its my tv background but the anchor was far to relaxed to establish expertise so it come across not neither actually know what they are talking about.

Originally Posted by joeboosauce I saw the burglar thread and thought this warranted a post. WHO DA SHAF-FU thinks we live in a post-racial society??? Blows my mind. And I wonder WHY the white guy wasn't arrested... When was the last time you heard of a white guy shot for holding skittles and an iced-tea? This is equality in America.

I thought racism was over because Obama was elected.

Originally Posted by Soodmeg I knew all of that information already, my point was that it gets lost when you just run into a room, shout something and then leave. If you are going to post a topic, post the the topic. The "I'm outrage...check this video out" is kinda lame.

What is the bar for sufficient research? Do you want to set that bar? Should I use the same standard. Have you looked at the other posts in this forum? Care to go through and make sure they meet your high standards? You want APA or MLA citation? Point being is anyone can have their own arbitrary standards. There are no standards. And to say that citations are the reason people ignore legitimate race problems in this country is off the mark. OK, if you want to say something to this issue, you can. If not, I won't be the CAG vs mode forum standards police.

Originally Posted by IRHari I thought racism was over because Obama was elected.

WHAT?!?!? No quote? Haha. Sorry I'll leave beating dead horses to soulvengence...

Originally Posted by joeboosauce What is the bar for sufficient research? Do you want to set that bar? Should I use the same standard. Have you looked at the other posts in this forum? Care to go through and make sure they meet your high standards? You want APA or MLA citation? Point being is anyone can have their own arbitrary standards. There are no standards. And to say that citations are the reason people ignore legitimate race problems in this country is off the mark. OK, if you want to say something to this issue, you can. If not, I won't be the CAG vs mode forum standards police.

If its not 3 paragraphs double spaced than you shouldnt post it.


Naw but seriously, I guess I dont get why people post threads that contain very little to no information or just a post to a video. If you are gonna talk about the subject...talk about the subject, it seems lazy otherwise.


Anyway, now that DD is here, I look forward to insightful commentary.

Originally Posted by IRHari I thought racism was over because Obama was elected.

Racism will never be over as long as there are white people.

Originally Posted by UncleBob Racism will never be over as long as there are stupid people.

Fixed.

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Originally Posted by UncleBob Racism will never be over as long as there are white people.

Yeah, white people have it so hard. It's like they're the only group that's allowed to be discriminated against!

A little bit more info on this is that Zimmerman has lived somewhere else since the shooting and no one seems to know where he is.

Very strange that you can shoot someone and then leave your house for an extended period of time.

Zimmerman is also a criminal justice major in college.


Yeah, the oddest thing of all is how one can simply say it was self defense and not be brought in for questioning. If that was the case wouldnt every murder be free for a month before being taken in?

Originally Posted by dohdough Yeah, white people have it so hard. It's like they're the only group that's allowed to be discriminated against!

Oh, no, DD - you've shown me the light. Only white people can be racists. Unless you're being racist for white people.

Originally Posted by Soodmeg A little bit more info on this is that Zimmerman has lived somewhere else since the shooting and no one seems to know where he is. Very strange that you can shoot someone and then leave your house for an extended period of time. Zimmerman is also a criminal justice major in college. Yeah, the oddest thing of all is how one can simply say it was self defense and not be brought in for questioning. If that was the case wouldnt every murder be free for a month before being taken in?

This is a good example of how racism operates systemically in the US. It's not just about oppression, but how special privileges are given to white people. Can anyone honestly say that if it was a black man that was the shooter that they wouldn't be immediately arrested if it was a white teenager? Or how do we explain that Zimmerman is given the benefit of all the doubt in the world, yet Martin is being labeled as the aggressor(after being stalked and racially profiled) when Martin is the one that mostlikely acted in self-defense? Or what if Martin got the gun away from Zimmerman and killed him?

Originally Posted by UncleBob Oh, no, DD - you've shown me the light. Only white people can be racists. Unless you're being racist for white people.

Yeah, white is the new black. Go yourself.

DD - I'm curious - can you name a single white person of any notoriety that you don't believe to be racist in some fashion (including the idea that a white person taking advantage of years of black oppression is racist)?

Originally Posted by UncleBob DD - I'm curious - can you name a single white person of any notoriety that you don't believe to be racist in some fashion (including the idea that a white person taking advantage of years of black oppression is racist)?

Why don't YOU name some?

Take with a grain of salt since it's a Yahoo comment, but saw this posted

" This is not the real story. George called 911 to report a suspicious person. As he got off the phone the kid attacked him and started beating the crap out of him and slamming his head against the walkway. All the while saying "you're gunna die tonight motherfxxxxx" George was screaming help when someone in a nearby apartment called 911 again. George's shirt came up while the kid was beating him, revealing the gun that he is licensed to carry. The kid went for the gun and they struggled for it, George ended up shooting the kid and saving his own life. All these people on yahoo saying that he should be in jail when they don't even know what happened. George is the brother-in-law of one of our good family friends, works with my parents, and is one of the nicest most gentle people you will ever meet. He's completely devastated that this happened and has barely been functional from the guilt. No one shoots someone for no reason, and especially not George. And they need to stop pulling the race card, George is hispanic, not white."

That as to be the worst right up in the world. In fact you should delete has I would assume that it's clearly made up. If he was slamming his head into the ground both blood and akin would be present I the ground. Witness would have reported something to that extent (they haven't said too much but It was definitively on along the lines of he was being attacked for several minutes) plus a 17 year old kid getting skittles and a iced was apparently so full of rage that he was beating a man right outside his house?

Not to mention how did this 100 pound kid pull him out of the car? Apparently this is the strongest kid in the world.