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Your argument rests on the assumption that Zimmerman would have reacted differently had their been a white person pummeling the shit out of him. But he's not thinking about stereotypes as the fists are coming down on him.
OK - so "america is afraid of young black teenage males"
But isn't there a reason for this that isn't just racism?
Here, watch me put it in explicitly anti racist terms:
"Due to the inherent structural inequality of American life, young black males are particularly vulnerable to crime and violence. A combination of low income and short life expectancy means that blah blah blah"
The problem with this thinking is that it takes away ANY agency and expectation that they have to break with the trends and aim to better themselves. It's not your fault because you're oppressed, so you can't help it. We don't expect you to be any better anyway. This is another way of saying you should accept these low standards because noone will understand you otherwise. But Americans feel guilty and need blacks, who didn't take slaves and were brought there against their will, to redeem them by proving that America is different from all the other violent parts of the world and a place where the individual can use his freedom to transcend realities outside of their control.
It seems like blacks in America are stuck in a schizophrenic maze they cant get out of. Its not their fault. Your approach does not appear to me to be enough to stop this. And I don't believe Zimmerman was racist for one minute.
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