Actually, he wants Zimmerman to take one for the OTHER Team.
You think the author is sending a message to Zimmerman that being a mentor to the black kid in the inner city for three years is not enough. Now Zimmerman must give up ten years of his life for black racism?
Zimmerman would be mentally ill to give into or take for real all these Black race hate screeches and threats. He needs to get this trial over and move to Texas where half the population looks like him. He just needs change his name to Mexican, grow some face hair and he’s good to go. If someone asks him if he’s Zimmerman, he can pull the race card and tell them they think all Mexicans look alike. :)