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In reply to the discussion: Trayvon also made a 911 call? How come we are not hearing about it? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I'm sure the FBI can clarify the tape to eek out which word Zimmerman used.
I find it hard to believe he used the word "coons." I live in TX and am from Louisiana. I know lots of racists. I haven't heard the word "coon" used except in old movies or maybe by an elderly person. It's an old fashioned word that has been replaced by others. Unless it was a word that Zimmerman was in the habit of using, which his friends would know. Or unless it's used in the hispanic community? It's not a commonly used word in the white community, though, that I know of.
Throughout the whole 911 call, Zimmerman doesn't seem fixated on the race of the supposedly suspicious guy; he's fixated on it being a young person with a hoodie walking aimlessly around, it seems to him. And something about the manner of walking...he tells the cops the guy is acting like he's on drugs. The hoodie is probably an important thing here. I know it's worn by teen criminals in my neighborhood sometimes to conceal their identity at night. Nothing against hoodies. I have several myself. But there aren't many middle aged, plump women wearing hoodies who are out at night burglarizing and damaging property. So I'm pretty safe, I guess, when wearing my hoodie, when I'm walking the dogs in the morning.