George Zimmerman trial: Lawyers finish jury selection questioning

[Karee 4,191]

I think with a case like this they should pull in a jury from another country.

The public here is polarized one side or the other.

I think we should all wait for the facts...its all speculation at this point.

Maybe South Africa?

[RGinWA 816]

Maybe South Africa?

Hahaha...North Korea or maybe Saudi Arabia? Some place democratic like that.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Viva La Raza

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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What does the term “La Raza” mean?
The term “La Raza” has its origins in early 20th century Latin American literature and translates into English most closely as “the people” or, according to some scholars, “the Hispanic people of the New World.” The term was coined by Mexican scholar José Vasconcelos to reflect the fact that the people of Latin America are a mixture of many of the world’s races, cultures, and religions. Some people have mistranslated “La Raza” to mean “the race,” implying that it is a term meant to exclude others. In fact, the full term coined by Vasconcelos, “la raza cósmica,” meaning “the cosmic people,” was developed to reflect not purity but the mixture inherent in the Hispanic people. This is an inclusive concept, meaning that Hispanics share with all other peoples of the world a common heritage and destiny. - See more at: http://www.nclr.org/index.php/about_us/faqs/general_faqs_and_requested_resources/#sthash.PzESL9dd.dpuf

[spookyturtle 9,466]

New George Zimmerman verdict game:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/437674-the-george-zimmerman-trial-verdict-game/

[Darnell 8,479]

Yay ! Jury selection is over !

Mods - is it time to close this thread?

[Karee 4,191]

Mods - is it time to close this thread?

Then two more will pop up in it's place. It's like trying to kill cockroaches.

[SMOKE 1,426]

You and Smoke somehow don't think I am serious. I hate punks with guns. Zimmerman is the poster child.

i know you're serious. i'm glad you finally admitted to being biased and it affecting your pov.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Then two more will pop up in it's place. It's like trying to kill cockroaches.

Well the Affirmative action thread we got going is cool. So far no guns or TM have crept into it

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i know you're serious. i'm glad you finally admitted to being biased and it affecting your pov.

Yes. I also hate barking little ankle biters.

Yay ! Jury selection is over !

Mods - is it time to close this thread?

Not your call. You had your chance and failed. Welcome to the common folk.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Yes. I also hate barking little ankle biters.

do you condemn them without justifiable cause too?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

do you condemn them without justifiable cause too?

Have you stopped beating your wife?

[SMOKE 1,426]

Have you stopped beating your wife?

never have. you're revealing yourself again.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

never have. you're revealing yourself again.

My eyes are up here.

[Dan and Judy 614]

What does the term “La Raza” mean?

The term “La Raza” has its origins in early 20th century Latin American literature and translates into English most closely as “the people” or, according to some scholars, “the Hispanic people of the New World.” The term was coined by Mexican scholar José Vasconcelos to reflect the fact that the people of Latin America are a mixture of many of the world’s races, cultures, and religions. Some people have mistranslated “La Raza” to mean “the race,” implying that it is a term meant to exclude others. In fact, the full term coined by Vasconcelos, “la raza cósmica,” meaning “the cosmic people,” was developed to reflect not purity but the mixture inherent in the Hispanic people. This is an inclusive concept, meaning that Hispanics share with all other peoples of the world a common heritage and destiny. - See more at: http://www.nclr.org/index.php/about_us/faqs/general_faqs_and_requested_resources/#sthash.PzESL9dd.dpuf

That's a little spin from the lawyers and money raisers and lobbyists at NCLR

Here is another perspective.

http://www.mixedracestudies.org/wordpress/?tag=jose-vasconcelos

Mexican educator and thinker José Vasconcelos is to Latinos what W.E.B. Du Bois is to African Americans—a controversial scholar who fostered an alternative view of the future. In José Vasconcelos: The Prophet of Race, his influential 1925 essay, “Mestizaje”—key to understanding the role he played in the shaping of multiethnic America—is for the first time showcased and properly analyzed. Freshly translated here by John H. R. Polt, “Mestizaje” suggested that the Brown Race from Latin America was called to dominate the world, a thesis embraced by activists and scholars north and south of the Rio Grande

Ilan Stavans insightfully and comprehensively examines the essay in biographical and historical context, and considers how many in the United States, especially Chicanos during the civil rights era, used it as a platform for their political agenda.

I believe the is the vanilla flavor definition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Raza

La Raza is a Spanish language term translating to "The Race, Spanish raza having the meaning of "race, ethnicity; breed, strain, lineage". The term expresses ethnic or racial pride, and is used with somewhat different shades of meaning in Spain and in Hispanic America.