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To: tejek who wrote (721359)	6/15/2013 1:23:28 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By longnshort Respond to of 1579140

Zimmerman's Dad: Blacks Are the Racists .................................................................................. The Root ^ \| June 14, 2013 \| Corey Dade In his new e-book, Robert Zimmerman Sr. blames black leaders for fanning racial flames. With his son on trial for murder in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the father of George Zimmerman has published an e-book criticizing the case and calling some African-American leaders who called for his son's arrest racists. Robert Zimmerman Sr.'s book, Florida v. Zimmerman: Uncovering the Malicious Prosecution of My Son, George, was released on Friday at Amazon.com for $3.99. Zimmerman writes at length about his background and his family's multiracial identity, seemingly to counter accusations that his son, a 29-year-old neighborhood-watch volunteer, was racially motivated to shoot the unarmed black 17-year-old last year. Zimmerman is white, and his wife is Hispanic. "In the Zimmerman household, relatives, friends, neighbors and classmates were certainly a diverse, wholly accepted mix." He describes his son's prom date as "a lovely young lady ... They were an attractive couple. No one ever even considered the fact that George was Hispanic and the young lady happened to be black." Zimmerman devotes a chapter to the racial overtones of the case that promise to further inflame the issue. In the chapter "Who Are the True Racists?" he accuses a number of black leaders and organizations of being racist. He also criticizes the attorneys representing the Martin family as being race-baiting schemers. He writes that before the shooting, he believed that "generally racism was a thing of the past." But after the national outcry against his son, he says he realized that racism is "flourishing at the insistence of some in the African American Community." (Excerpt) Read more at theroot.com ...

To: tejek who wrote (721359)	6/15/2013 1:35:49 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579140

>> It might be if that's what I meant. This is something I've pointed out to you time and again. Your racism is insidious. You may not be aware of it, just as many people who use the term (n-word) believes it is harmless. When one persistently uses race to discriminate among people and caricatures individuals with racial stereotypes, it furthers the cause of racism -- and far more effectively than overt (non-violent) racism, which is in the open and can be easily discounted by third parties. In your case, you use racism in an effort to further your political views -- constantly. So, trying to characterize this incident as a mere "slip" is kind of ridiculous. It is endemic to your way of thinking about things. Everything is black or white, Hispanic or Asian, whatever. If someone criticizes Obama, they must be a racist. What you don't get is that thought process is, itself, racist, and highly offensive to those of us who grew up with real, often overtly violent, racism all around us. It took years for the South to be cleansed of it, and it is a bit disgusting to see it hanging on in other parts of the country.