A brief note on Martin and Zimmerman

Much has been made of the ability of the Martin/Zimmerman case to separate out the politics of observers, much like chick-sexing. The story is that liberals see the case as the result of racism (and secondarily the terror of guns) and that conservatives believe justice was done. The most egregious example of the latter was an Internet comment (yes yes, "Don't read the comments!") that suggested that Martin needed killing and that Zimmerman likely saved many lives by killing Martin before Martin's criminality could fully manifest itself.

One thing worth noting is that, of course, many white liberals (and liberals of other races) are also terrified of young black men.* Honestly, the second I heard that the jury would be comprised of five white women and a Latina woman, I thought to myself, Zimmerman will walk! Few demographics are more terrified of young black men than white women, and this is true of liberals as well as conservatives.










*They just dislike confrontation.