tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post3619698957507579402..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Obama and the Really Real AmericaDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-44919212748342234862012-03-26T17:14:07.449-07:002012-03-26T17:14:07.449-07:00There are endless empirical studies demonstrating ...There are endless empirical studies demonstrating that not only white people, but people who are of "color" (including many folks who are largely considered "white" now but in the past have not always been, for example, Irish, Polish, and Italian Americans), indeed, even **African Americans themselves** are likely to act on the basis of some inaccurate irrational racist biases against African Americans. <br /><br />Racism can be, but rarely most interestingly or most impactfully is, a matter of conscious irrational vitriol. Racist bias looks to have both attitudinal and structural features in this case (not only when it comes to Zimmerman but also in the conduct and documented history of the police department). <br /><br />By the way, for someone concerned with "facts" it should presumably matter to you who was chasing whom, who was armed and who was not, who had a long history of vigilantism inflected through racism suspicion, and who is dead and who remains free? How about it, brave, "Anonymous"?Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-52625215999712026912012-03-26T11:59:59.003-07:002012-03-26T11:59:59.003-07:00Do the facts of the case matter ? George Zimmerman...Do the facts of the case matter ? George Zimmerman is hispanic. Mother from Peru. Apparently there is a witness and physical evidence that the 6 foot 3 inch Trayvon was pummeling Zimmerman. Zimmerman was on his back. <br /><br />They were in a gated mixed income housing project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com