Not going to happen. No law that I ever heard of was overturned by the courts because it was incorrectly applied.

I wouldve expected someone by now to point out to the media that he isnt white, hes hispanic. Even his father said so.

But, you know how hispanic on black and vice versa is not newsworthy enough right :shifty:

They have to claim hes "white" so they can cry bloody murder. I think its despicable in every single way. The murder of a clean, respected young man by the hands of a worthless scumbag.

And then the miconception of race. The only reason this made headlines is because they lied and said he was a white male. Had this been reported correctly as a hispanic, it wouldve just been glanced over like every other racist crimes between hispanics and blacks that happen every day. Here in california, we always have a mass school fight where a couple dozen get brutally beat up, even killed in a RACIAL brawl. And never once have i seen it be white kids against black kids.

Whites, blacks, hispanics, it doesnt matter. Racism goes all around, against everybody. Whites arent the only people who can be accused of distinct racism, and its infuriating to sit here and watch the racism play out on the media, who cry about the race crime here while deliberately changing the story to get headlines and cause an uproar. Its a FACT that such a crime would not nearly have been so extensively publicized had the media told the truth about this man being a hispanic, not white.

The ENTIRE case, the way its been handled, and the the way its been publicized, all just disgusts me. Racism runs deep hidden in every race against every other race. And its despicable. :nope:

Who has claimed that Zimmerman is white?

its been said, in this thread, and by the media. Watch some TV, they said it multiple, multiple times on MSNBC and other stations.

"If it was a black guy shooting a WHITE guy..." has been said (with some variation) multiple times in this thread.

This was posted by myself and August Zimmerman; is half latino half white.

The media infers that his is white the reasoning is not clear as to why although Zimmerman may claim to be white himself on DL and ID in theory he could claim more than one thing on a racial survey.

It is said that he is the Captain of the Neighborhood Watch when in fact he is a self appointed "captain" of his own self created Neighborhood Watch separate from what ever one actually operates in the same area.I wonder why his was not allowed to be a member of the official one in the area.

Edit: Stealhead says it better.

BTW I suspect the confusion is at least partly due to his European sounding surname.

http://www.dominionofnewyork.com/201...ic-not-racist/

According to Zimmermans father his son is Hispanic.And he certainly appears to be Hispanic in the mug shot photo from 2005.

The media always picks one view or another fair or not. Regardless those involved in this investigation have information we are not aware of if Zimmerman did
act questionably he will see his day in court if they find that the Sanford PD did not do the best job I suppose that is another matter.

Can you remember what your last census asked you?
What covered "white"?
Do you recall something simple like White followed later by not hispanic or latino ?
Perhaps you also recall White followed by hispanic or latino?
Hey even the arabs and greeks are white and some of them definately look sorta not really that pink:doh:

European origins count as white in America so his german name would probably lead that way, hispanic sorta comes back to Iberian origins which is european so that means white in America too.

Hey if you don't like the way your government categorises people then write to the White House.

Has anyone heard from Al Sharpton? If there is a case against Zimmerman he would be the first to fire a broadside. On the other hand he may have realized Zimmerman isn't white and went back home.

Al not so Sharpton was suppose to be in Sanford at the end of this week, maybe he could address the issues that plagues the black communitty that causes unfortunite things, like this to happen, then he could come over here to Brevard County, and apologize to the family of the slain female officer we buried last week, that he hadn't done enough to help the black community, to help keep things like this from happen-ing, instead of fanning the flames of hate. http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/242...d-in-Melbourne

Seems that the same thing has happened to a white man yubba here for you is a white military vet shot by a black man in Florida under questionable circumstances the shooter claiming self defense.Again the black shooter may not have been racily motivated.

http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/...ce_veteran.php

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/c...ng-turns-fatal

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/c...ng-turns-fatal

Why must Al Sharpton apologize to the family of the slain officer exactly?
Must a person of the white race apologize when ever a white person commits a crime and kills someone of another race?
Must white people apologize for poor behavior of other whites in the white community?Even though I myself consider an entire city or county as
a community not separate what races it is composed of even in the rural area in which I live there people of various races and ethnicity.One house white people live the next one might be Asian people so i take in yubba land that is two separate communities.

The white race has never apologized officially for what we did to the Native Americans.Well really I should say Federal Government but lets be honest at that time it was all white men making the decisions.

it happens way too much here, black on black, white on white, and on an on an on, crap is going to happen, and guess what it's going to keep on happenning and then it's going to get worse, if we keep on the path we are on. I'm a little put off that some black kid had killed a white female officer here 2 weeks ago and then I see this, we didn't go pile into the street, people are scared to death with all this crime and guess what people are going to die. We all need to pull together and fix our country for the better, when I say all that means, brown, yellow, black, white, red, blue, green, we all are americans don't let the s@#% heads in D.C. devide us.

OK you are heading into yubba land again and are losing me.

Are you saying that you tire of all violence and wish that all races and creeds just got along because if you are I agree with you...I think.

i capitalized white to emphasize that people have mistaken him for a caucasian (if you must be politically correct)

whites, caucasians, meaning originating from european cultures and branching out.

I think Tribesman is referring to the ethnicity questions in the US and how they are worded and classified.

Americans 308,745,538 100.0 %
White 223,553,265 72.4 %
Black or African American 38,929,319 12.6 %
American Indian or Alaska Native 2,932,248 0.9 %
Non-Hispanic Asian 14,674,252 4.8 %
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 540,013 0.2 %
Some Other Race 19,107,368 6.2 %
Two or more races 9,009,073 2.9 %
Not Hispanic or Latino 258,267,944 83.7 %
Non-Hispanic White 196,817,552 63.7 %
Non-Hispanic Black or African American 37,685,848 12.2 %
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 2,247,098 0.7 %
Non-Hispanic Asian 14,465,124 4.7 %
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 481,576 0.2 %
Non-Hispanic Some Other Race 604,265 0.2 %
Non-Hispanic Two or more races 5,966,481 1.9 %
Hispanic or Latino 50,477,594 16.3 %
White Hispanic 26,735,713 8.7 %
Black or African American Hispanic 1,243,471 0.4 %
American Indian or Alaska Native Hispanic 685,150 0.2 %
Asian Hispanic 209,128 0.1 %
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Hispanic 58,437 0.0 %
Some Other Race Hispanic 18,503,103 6.0 %
Two or more races Hispanic 3,042,592 1.0 %
Total 308,745,538 100.0%