[quote name='Spokker']The shooter Zimmerman is "white" but he doesn't sit on top of the so-called socially constructed hierarchy of races. The guy is Latino and comes from a multiracial family according to his father. In any case, the real story will come out, no matter which way it gets resolved. Just like
Jena 6.
But it certainly provides for a lot of discussion in the meantime. Interestingly enough, when you look at certain crime statistics, a lot of Latino/Mexican/Hispanic/Whatever suspects are labeled white, which certainly skews things a bit. The privileged whites certain people rage against are probably overstated in the crime stats.
Demographics may be interesting. Sanford is about 30 percent black and 20 percent Hispanic of any race. Where there are large blocs of Hispanics and blacks, there is often tension. A similar drama is playing out in South Los Angeles as blacks feel Mexican immigrants are pushing them out. This
NPR story suggests longstanding racial tensions in Sanford.
But it is amazing to see the coverage of a "white" man shooting a black kid. I see about 800 to 900 articles on Google News alone. I didn't see very many articles about the
black teens setting that white child on fire and telling him, "That's what you get white boy."
The tram experience lady had her day in court after going on a racist rant on British public transportation. Not so well-known are the
Muslim girls who beat down a British white woman, calling her "white slag." They were let off easy because the judge was convinced they were not used to alcohol due to their faith.
Those girls who talked about the black students vs. "$$$$er" students in their school were outcast by society. Of course, we rarely hear about the
black on white, black on black, white on white, brown on brown, brown on black, black on brown hate crimes.
Where are the whites involved in the
black/brown brawls in South Los Angeles? Should we also cover tensions within different groups of
brown folk? By not covering this aspect of the story, the myth that only whites are racist continues to be fueled.
The issue is simplified into white on black and we never get to the true dynamic of the problem, that sometimes it doesn't even involve "whites." And if we can't pin it on a white guy, the media won't cover it. Violence will continue across and within racial lines regardless of the outcome of this particular story because we fail to look at the issue in a complex and honest way. That's not going to happen, so just bring on the inevitable increase in diversity classes, affirmative action and white guilt already.[/QUOTE]
So lemme get this straight...white kids from Jena don't know the long history of lynching, black on non-black crime never gets reported, white Hispanics don't exist, Europe doesn't have a racism problem, people of color are prone and commit just as much hate crime against whites, and white people feel guilty. Gotcha.