Why is the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman case such a hot political topic anyway?
Help me out with this, because I'm struggling to figure out why this case is a battle of conservative vs liberal, and why this whole thing has become so political. I mean, let's get real for a moment. There are black teenagers getting smoked in South Central LA all the time. Where's the media attention? Why is THIS such a hot topic? Because Trayvon Martin was black and because George Zimmerman is......(what is he anyway?) He's not white, so you cant' say this is a hate crime. Or can you? I guess my question is WHY we're all arguing over this case as if it has ANY political relevance whatsoever? Guilty or innocent, this doesn't affect me in the slightest. Or any of you for that matter. Especially if Florida "hold your ground laws" don't apply to you in whatever state you live in. So why all the hub-bub?
Why are majority white communities thought of as "racist?"?
I don't understand why majority black communities, or majority hispanic communities, etc. are seen as diverse, even if they only have one race. People assume that if a place has no white people, that it's diverse. There is nothing wrong with majority black or majority hispanic communities, but I don't understand why many majority white communities are seen as "racist." I won't deny that many are, but there are also a lot of majority white communities that just happen to be that way, often because they are rural or because they follow a certain religion that tends to be mostly white (Like being Mormon or Amish).