If you think America doesn't have a racial problem, watch this

[ice nine]

Its different because I'm in vancouver but white people are the minority here, its so incredibly multi cultural, its really awesome actually. There is racism from all of the defined mico communities, but it usually doesn't escalate to violence. Its true for the most part that white people hire whites, indian hire indian etc. It just so happens there are so many people of each race that they can stick together and provide jobs/support for others of the same color. One of our larger cities has its own business directory just for indian businesses. White people would be crucified if they made a white only phone book, but whatever.

You go an hour out of vancouver and its a shitload of farms and small towns, many of which are conservative and seen as similar to the south. Quebec and the maritimes definately are the brunt of stupid jokes/stupid news items.

[Zurg]

pretty much anything that isnt a city in canada is where hicks would live

[Perro Mojado]

http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11748468-court-docs-trayvon-martin-shooting-ultimately-avoidable-by-zimmerman?lite

the comments are crazy

I'd like to know the race of the people living in that community. In other words, if all/most are white (or) light-skinned, then of COURSE there will be calls to an obvious outsider in the neighborhood!

They don't have a Neighborhood WATCH program because there's never been any problems. If it's mostly a white neighborhood & a black/purple/green/whatEVER color person is hanging around - at NIGHT, wearing a hoodie, then YES - there's gonna be trouble.

(So many "hoodie" protests in our area, saying how the hoodie should not have been brought up & is/was no cause for alarm. 'Course, no one - black OR white - complained when many of our local malls banned them a few years back.) Sensationalism - that's all this has become.

PS - as another aside, look at all the "donations" the Martin has received...

Disgusting.

[sleepypancakes]

http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/17/11748468-court-docs-trayvon-martin-shooting-ultimately-avoidable-by-zimmerman?lite

the comments are crazy

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I'd like to know the race of the people living in that community. In other words, if all/most are white (or) light-skinned, then of COURSE there will be calls to an obvious outsider in the neighborhood!

They don't have a Neighborhood WATCH program because there's never been any problems. If it's mostly a white neighborhood & a black/purple/green/whatEVER color person is hanging around - at NIGHT, wearing a hoodie, then YES - there's gonna be trouble.

(So many "hoodie" protests in our area, saying how the hoodie should not have been brought up & is/was no cause for alarm. 'Course, no one - black OR white - complained when many of our local malls banned them a few years back.) Sensationalism - that's all this has become.

PS - as another aside, look at all the "donations" the Martin has received...

Disgusting.

[close]

I watched this and people trip so hard on George Zimmerman being able to "Defend himself" when they talk about Martin fighting back, why don't they attribute the same rights of defense to a kid who was walking home to his dad's house to watch basketball and talking on the phone when some dude is following him around carrying a gun? He probably felt threatened as well. It was completely avoidable, too bad Zimmerman is a paranoid maniac.