Rachel Jeantel Tells Radio Host Ricky Smiley She Wants To Be A Lawyer

Mediaite.com ^ | | 4:51 pm, July 23rd, 2013 | by Tommy Christopher

[drewh]

One of the more reluctant media figures to emerge from the George Zimmerman trial was 19 year-old Rachel Jeantel, the last person to speak to unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, aside from the man who killed him.

Her contentious exchanges with defense attorney Don West sparked conversations about cultural differences, and the way many in the media reacted to them.

Jeantel’s unpleasant experience in the courtroom hasn’t scarred her too deeply, however, as she told radio host Ricky Smiley, last week, that she aspires to become an attorney.

Jeantel’s time on the witness stand was a focal point of the trial, and was characterized by an intensely antagonistic repartee with defense attorney Don West, who seemed to be trying to provoke Jeantel into reacting negatively, and to present her as a sullen proxy for absent victim Trayvon Martin.

Since the trial, she has made several media appearances, and provided insight into the dynamic between her and West.

That dynamic apparently hasn’t soured Jeantel on West’s profession, though. In an interview with Ricky Smiley last week, Jeantel said she hopes to go to college, with a little help from Smiley and radio superstar Tom Joyner:

[InvisibleChurch]

Well, she’s carrying a C average going into her senior year.

[MHGinTN]

Oh my, don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel about Jabba’s sister.

[Egon]

Yep...and I want to be a fighter pilot.

[hoosiermama]

On my !

[LostInBayport]

It is quite possible for someone deficient in brains but possessed of the ability to spout the most outrageous, devoid-of-reality level nonsense to become a lawyer.



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[Oldeconomybuyer]

She should also consider a career as an astronaut.

[Venturer]

Hey you guys laugh.

She will be just as good an attorney as Angela Corey.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Well played!

[max americana]

“Does she know she will have to read?”

Read? Only crackers’ read.

[BunnySlippers]

O . M . G .

[Drango]

Likely better than the prosecution team....

[SeminoleCounty]

This would be retarded..sir

I guess an Ebonicist like Ben Crump can be an attorney, so can Rachel the Hutt

[Errant]

Good for her I say. Setting goals is a fist step in becoming successful. Perhaps this will motivate her to overcome her ignorance. Any improvement in her skills will prove helpful to her in life, and she can certainly use the disciple. There may just be a smart and charming person beneath that exterior.

[Revolting cat!]

Why not? If Angela Davis can be a perfessor, Rachel can be a solicitor. She be new school, crackas!

[a fool in paradise]

I didn’t even know she spoke Latin.

[hoosiermama]

One step on her way to becoming a congressman

[A_Former_Democrat]

I saw a list yesterday of lowest graduation public universities.....Southern led the way with 4% . . .four percent!

It also had something like 30 percent or more students with Pell Grants . . .the list included several other “a mind is a terrible thing to waste” type “institutions of higher learning”

[tumblindice]

Jethro Bodine had nearly masterminded getting into ‘Double-naught’ spy school. Maybe he left some notes? (I’m pretty sure they were printed.)

[BunnySlippers]

Affirmative action should do the trick.

[viaveritasvita]

She’d fit right in with the likes of Crump, Corey, and those bonehead persecutors.