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Racism apparent in Zimmerman case
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Jul. 25, 2013 11:12 am
Does anyone think that if Trayvon Martin (a black) had killed George Zimmerman (a white Hispanic?) under similar conditions, it would have made national or even much Florida news and 24-hour cable news?
Do you think President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton would have weighed in? Of course not, and that is a definition of racism.
Palmer Holden
Iowa City
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