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Originally Posted by cherrypie36
HOW ya'll seem to think that race doesn't play a factor when in fact, it plays a big factor.
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It does play a part. It plays a huge part. Because people are emotional regarding racism, the media was able to twist the emotions of people into overreacting. The media was able to sell a bunch of stories based on saying there was racism. It is also a crutch that the parents will be able to use to blame the horrible incident on regardless of whether there was racism. In their minds, they will not see that their child made his own mistakes. That the child decided to attack someone because he felt like they were attacking him.
If Martin was white, then people like Jesse Jackson would not have paid attention. Why? It's two white people shooting each other and they would not have been able to play the race card. If it was two black people involved in the shooting, then would they have cared? No.
I think in many ways, racism played a part in making the situation what it was. Without it being one person that passes for white and one black guy, the media would not have cared as much.
In the end of the day, it is what sells. If no one pays attention, then why bother?