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Re: Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman - July 30th 2013, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Snufkin View Post
More like how the state of Florida has a problem with racism in general, and that even if by some miracle Zimmerman is entirely innocent (which I don't believe for a second), we can at least say that this story has opened the eyes of loads of people to how racism exists in the world today.
That's true. But you could also say that the media is directly responsible for racism still existing, but finding it in places where it isn't.

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