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Old 04-01-2012, 08:26 PM
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Just curious, but why is Zimmerman even being called white? He is as white as I am black.
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Old 04-02-2012, 01:17 PM
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Just curious, but why is Zimmerman even being called white? He is as white as I am black.
Because it fits the narrative. The narrative, and not the facts, is what it important.
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Old 04-02-2012, 01:27 PM
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Just curious, but why is Zimmerman even being called white? He is as white as I am black.
His father is white, and his mother is white, Peruvian by nationality. The broad class known as "Hispanic" is not a racial classification.


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Old 04-02-2012, 01:36 PM
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His father is white, and his mother is white, Peruvian by nationality. The broad class known as "Hispanic" is not a racial classification.


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Oh yes it is - it is treated that way. I remember forms I had to fill out while attending public school where they had an acronym "N.O.I.S.E" for racial classification.

The letters corresponded to (these are NOT my terms, so if they are not in vogue now - this is a time capsule)

N - Negroid
O - Oriental
I - Indian
S - Spanish descent (corresponding to Hispanic or South American)
E - Eurasian

The real answer is it's just more convenient to now refer to Mr. Zimmerman as white. Who's going to riot otherwise?
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Old 04-02-2012, 01:57 PM
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this is a time capsule
We've come a long way, baby. Those designations are, indeed, archaic.
The 2010 US Census instructions clearly state that "Hispanic" is not a racial designation today.

I do agree that the racial aspects of this case are murky and are being exploited by the usual suspects. More concerning is the vigilante behavior and stereotyping, in general.


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Old 04-02-2012, 02:09 PM
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We've come a long way, baby. Those designations are, indeed, archaic.
The 2010 US Census instructions clearly state that "Hispanic" is not a racial designation today.

I do agree that the racial aspects of this case are murky and are being exploited by the usual suspects. More concerning is the vigilante behavior and stereotyping, in general.


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I'm glad things changed. That N.O.I.S.E acronym was ridiculous. They didn't even let you not fill it out. If you left it blank, they filled it out "for" you.

If it wasn't in acronym form, I probably wouldn't have remembered it.
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