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My question as well as many others is, why do black teens always look "suspicious" to non-blacks? A whiteboy in a hoodie should not looked at any differently than a blackboy so what really is the difference?
I agree whole heartedly. Do we know that Zimmerman would not have viewed a white boy suspiciously under similar situation? Just a question.
Perhaps because black teens have higher rates of violent crime? Just a thought. People aren't generally aren't wary of chinese teens wearing hoodies and that's for good reason.
But honestly I think it all depends on the place and time. A black kid wearing a "Howard" Hoodie on a college campus carrying books and a book bag don't come off as "theatening," While a team of black teens with black hoodies or the corner of a liquor store at 2 in the mornings in a black neighborhood don't exacttly appear innocent.
That is really more of an excuse than the rule. I have walked down the street with a three piece suit and white women clutch their purses, like I'm go to snatch her purse in a Brooks Brothers suit Sadly many time s I proably have more money on me then they make in a week
My question as well as many others is, why do black teens always look "suspicious" to non-blacks? A whiteboy in a hoodie should not looked at any differently than a blackboy so what really is the difference?
He looked "suspicious" to Zimmerman that night as there had been a rash of burglaries in that community in the last year - most committed by young, black males.
That is really more of an excuse than the rule. I have walked down the street with a three piece suit and white women clutch their purses, like I'm go to snatch her purse in a Brooks Brothers suit Sadly many time s I proably have more money on me then they make in a week
Really? When I was younger in my teens I dressed in street clothes (baggy jeans, hoodies, timbs etc)..and now that I'm older (late 20's/early 30's) I dress like a grown up and the reception that I get from people of all walks of life is entirely different. Are there some folks who are ignorant because of skin color no matter what? Yeah. But the ignorant factor has been trimmed down by about 99%.
He looked "suspicious" to Zimmerman that night as there had been a rash of burglaries in that community in the last year - most committed by young, black males.
According to his logic then all young black males are suspicous which in this world is called "Racial Profiling"
Therefore also using this logic I should go down to pretty much any bank and start following white males in suits, since there has been a rash of bank fraud and misrepresentations by them.
Really? When I was younger in my teens I dressed in street clothes (baggy jeans, hoodies, timbs etc)..and now that I'm older (late 20's/early 30's) I dress like a grown up and the reception that I get from people of all walks of life is entirely different. Are there some folks who are ignorant because of skin color no matter what? Yeah. But the ignorant factor has been trimmed down by about 99%.
But even zimmerman has proved that 1% can cost a life!
According to his logic then all young black males are suspicous which in this world is called "Racial Profiling"
In that neighborhood - yes, a young black male would be suspicious.
If all those burglaries were committed by elderly Chinese women in babushkas, and I saw someone who matched the description I would say they were a suspcisious character too.
That would be common sense.
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Sadly many time s I proably have more money on me then they make in a week
