[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by lostalex

One thing i do take issue with is the media describing the attacker guy as "white" he doesn't look "white" to me. He is clearly hispanic.

i know it sounds petty to mention, but the media did try to make it a quote "white" and "black" thing, but clearly this guy is not white. And as soon as they realized he wasn't white, we never heard anything more about the guys race, i wonder why that is? Why arn't they now making it a "hispanic" and "black" thing now?? I found that very disturbing.

It does actually state that he's latino in the article I posted

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It does actually state that he's latino in the article I posted

i've been followng the story since it first happened though, and at first they were describing him as "white" on CNN and all major news sources. And all of the commentary was about this "white" guy profiling a black teen. Since then they havn't been focusing so much on his race. They don't point out that the accussed is hispanic, instead they are just talking about racism against blacks in general. So why arn't they targeting HISPANIC racism against blacks?

There is definitely an intentional anti-white narrative in the US media.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by lostalex

i've been followng the story since it first happened though, and at first they were describing him as "white" on CNN and all major news sources. And all of the commentary was about this "white" guy profiling a black teen. Since then they havn't been focusing so much on his race. They don't point out that the accussed is hispanic, instead they are just talking about racism against blacks in general. So why arn't they targeting HISPANIC racism against blacks?

Well, admittedly I haven't been following the case, I only heard about it recently, I take your point but I don't think it should detract from the point that this poor kid was gunned down simply because he was black and someone thought he was suspicious because of that.