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Trayvon Martin's mother to lead racial profiling discussion at University of Utah
The Orlando Sentinel ^ | January 9, 2014 | Matt Mauney

Posted on 01/10/2014 1:17:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The mother of Trayvon Martin will participate in a University of Utah public discussion on Jan. 16 during a weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., KTVX-TV reports.

Sybrina Fulton is scheduled to speak at the university's Union Ballroom for the 30th annual Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This year's theme is "Beneath the Hoodie: A Look at Racial Profiling in America."

Fulton's son, a 17-year-old black Miami high-school student, was fatally shot in February 2012 by George Zimmerman. A jury in Seminole County acquitted Zimmerman in July of murder.

The case stirred a national debate on issues of self-defense, racial justice, gun control and profiling....

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Florida; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: blackkk; blacks; florida; georgezimmerman; trayvon; trayvonmartin; utah; zimmerman
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To: re_nortex

I’ve heard MLK was a commie at heart but he wasn’t Sharpton or Jackson. Those 2 are in a class all their own.


21 posted on 01/10/2014 2:05:37 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

someone should bring up the “Knockout Game” and the profiling of Whites and Jews by black youths.

Holder the Ag won’t call it a hate crime. Some people have died from being knocked out others have had brain and hearing damage.


22 posted on 01/10/2014 2:09:48 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What is she going to say, “He was an unruly black boy, so I let somebody else raise him.”


23 posted on 01/10/2014 2:13:17 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This lady should be giving seminars in bad parenting.


24 posted on 01/10/2014 2:13:19 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Rainier1789
Maybe he removed the “Coexist” sticker because it had that “hateful” Christian cross on it. And liberals don’t really want to co-exist with you freedom-loving flag-waving traditional values types.

I think he may actually be coming around after 15 years of living here in God's country (Texas). His daughter is high school cheerleader and goes to a solidly Conservative Christian church. Unlike his clipped New England accent, she speaks with a soft, pleasant Southwestern twang. Thanks to her persuasion, his house now has an American and Texas flag flying by the porch. A few months ago, he was at a high school football game (that alone speaks volumes), he said that he voted for Ted Cruz in the general election because he admired his intellect. Although he still moans about how much better New England is compared to Texas, there's evidence of some headway being made. If his daughter can get him going to church on a regular basis, that died-in-the-wool Yankee may just become a Conservative.

25 posted on 01/10/2014 2:13:52 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: N. Theknow

At least THAT would be honest.


26 posted on 01/10/2014 2:14:10 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

University of Utah..formally a Mormon university..

Utah where the state religion is racist...


27 posted on 01/10/2014 2:22:15 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana; Colofornian

Have you pinged Colofornian?


28 posted on 01/10/2014 2:25:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I was just thinking, this will probably go over big in Utah NOT.


29 posted on 01/10/2014 2:27:15 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

you just PINGed him for me...


30 posted on 01/10/2014 2:28:51 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: MNDude

When I was a young college kid from the “more ignorant” parts of the country, I had to go through New York and to do so, I had to catch a cab to get from one bus station to the other to catch my final bus for college. I always tried to get a cab that was driven by an Orthodox Jew, because they were easily recognizable and I figured a person who is serious about worshiping God was not going to cheat or rob me. So yeah, I did racial profiling big time.


31 posted on 01/10/2014 2:29:19 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The MSM profiled G. Zimmerman as a ‘white’ Hispanic. The first one ever.


32 posted on 01/10/2014 2:47:22 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Doc Savage
Will there be an audio translation from Ebonics into English???


33 posted on 01/10/2014 2:51:43 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Tennessee Nana; All
Have you pinged Colofornian?

(Well, there's a few states -- Utah being one of them -- where there's a sense of a racist hangover...one which many Utahns now regret...and I think some of them feel that by attempting to be "ultra sensitive" to the plight of blacks, that this could somehow...coupled with who knows what...somehow move past their historical baggage...ain't gonna work...and a move in the wrong direction, anyway)

34 posted on 01/10/2014 3:08:20 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Beneath the Hoodie: A Look at Racial Profiling in America."

She would be much better suited to speak about:

"Beneath the Hoodie: How not to raise a young man in America."

35 posted on 01/10/2014 3:17:52 PM PST by TheDon (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Will anyone ask her about the fact that there had been several recent break-ins in the area, perpetrated by young black men? George Zimmerman was simply relying on those FACTS, and not any personal animus or racial prejudice, when he called in his suspicions about Trayvon.

Maybe someone else will ask her what she thinks might have happened if Trayvon had simply moved on, rather than confronting Zimmerman. But I'm assuming no one will have the cojones to ask THOSE tough questions.

36 posted on 01/10/2014 3:45:39 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let's review here...quickly.A high enough level of marijuana in his system to affect his thinking and behavior....liver damage consistent with the long term use of “purple drank”,an illegal substance known to cause paranoia and aggression.....
37 posted on 01/10/2014 3:54:45 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: BenLurkin

Or as one Freeper said, Trayvon played the knockout game.. came in second.


38 posted on 01/10/2014 11:01:19 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Doc Savage

The hand signer for those who are deaf end speak ebonics will be there. They’re flying him over from Pretoria.


39 posted on 01/11/2014 12:18:37 PM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Racial Justice? Justice was served. Trayvon was trying to murder a man and the jury found Zimmerman innocent.


40 posted on 01/11/2014 3:30:50 PM PST by Organic Panic
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