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Originally Posted by Samoht
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he's clearly been oppressed by the white man all his life.
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Doesn't matter what your personal history is. The vestiges of that same white supremacist social and economic order of America affect Barack Obama, too. Do you think a person from, say, Ethiopia, who comes to America today, has never been here, has no relatives here, is going to be treated ultimately any differently from an African American who can trace their family line back to when slavery was abolished (because their entire family history was systematically wiped out prior to this time)? To the department store own, to the woman in fear for her safety and property, and the George Zimmermans of the world, you are BLACK. And that's all that matters. The color of your skin.
George Zimmerman didn't know the nationality or genealogical history of Trayvon when he profiled him, stalked him, and killed him. He only knew the color of his skin, and that's all that matters in a racist social order, friend.
I'm trying to think of a way to explain this to a person who takes literally no time or effort in trying to understand the influence of history on the lives of people today.