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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saraemiska" data-source="post: 3278735" data-attributes="member: 220847">So, whilst these racial divides are based on bogus taxonomy, culturally they do exist.This case has highlighted that.  The media have not invented those divides.  They may have played on it to sensationalize, but that's their job and we should expect that.And if the system is biased, which all evidence indicates is true, then it IS the case that the system cannot be trusted as a whole.It doesn't matter if a liar tells you the truth, from past experience you will not trust them.That's the issue for me.  Not particularly this case, which only Zimmerman knows the truth of, but the societal issues it raises.</blockquote>