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Steve posted: ""What White People Don't Understand About Rachel Jeantel"
Posted June 26, 2013 by Rachel Samara for Global Grind Staff
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Trial. Dangerous/ Racial Journalism At It’s
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"What
White<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census>People
Don't Understand About Rachel Jeantel"
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*First your honor for the record neither I nor anyone else knows what
happened between Zimmerman and Martin.*
*That does not stop this Typical Liberal self-loathing white woman from
acting as if she does. I'll Highlight a few of her statements . If
Zimmerman is acquitted and if there is violence it will be because of
people like her. Words have meaning and consequences. She is also dealing
with a man's (Zimmerman) life. To use the words she does is....the height
of irresponsibility. Hell they are down right lies. *
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Rachel Jeantel
*A predominantly white jury is not going to like Rachel Jeantel. Let's just
be real here.*
The 19-year-old
Miami<http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=25.7877777778,-80.2241666667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=25.7877777778,-80.2241666667%20(Miami)&t=h>native
is an
*easy target for obvious, yet shallow reasons.* But let's not forget why
she's actually on the stand in George
Zimmerman<http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.79295,-81.32965&spn=0.01,0.01&q=28.79295,-81.32965%20(Shooting%20of%20Trayvon%20Martin)&t=h>'s
second degree murder <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder> trial. *Rachel
was the last person to speak to a living, breathing Trayvon
Martin<http://globalgrind.com/news/statements-testified-witness-8-girl-who-last-spoke-phone-trayvon-martin-list-rachel-jeantel>.
*The guilt, shame and sorrow she must feel is something most of us will
never be able to comprehend. You could hear it in her voice, see it in her
jittery body language. She is feeling the wrath of this highly publicized
case.
Rachel was thrown head first into this murder story, unwillingly. And
although she had repeatedly said she did not want to be a witness, did not
even want to believe she was the last person Trayvon spoke to, Rachel took
the stand for all the right reasons. She was asked to by the family of her
deceased friend and feeling part of the burden for his death, she wanted to
help.
Rachel was raw, emotional, aggressive and hostile, and she was
unapologetically herself.
*And if the 5 white jurors (excluding the 1 Latina) are like most white
people <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people> I know, they are
unfortunately not going to like Rachel.* They won't understand her,
especially not her defensive nature, and this will unfortunately work
against her. Even though it shouldn't.
*I can imagine George Zimmerman's defense is just hoping some of those 5
white jurors have some prejudices (as most people do), or hell, are even
racist,* because if they are, their tactic to make Rachel out to be less
intelligent, rather than less credible than she actually is, might actually
work.
Less intelligent and more confused.
Less intelligent because of the "language barrier" and more confused
because of the lawyers' failure to understand who Rachel is, where she
comes from, what kind of life she lives.
It seems the middle-aged white men on both sides of this case are totally
unaware of what Rachel's <http://www.rachelsband.com/tourdates.html> life
is like - a 19-year-old high school student of Haitian descent who knows
nothing more than the few block radius she has grown up in. The cultural
differences here are exponential.
But if the lawyers, and especially the jurors, were really listening, they
would see that although she comes off aggressive, Rachel was consistent. *Yes,
the defense proved she had lied in the past, but she didn't deny it*. *On
the contrary. She was very honest about it, and even led us to sympathize
with her reasoning for it* - she did not want to see Trayvon's body, she
did not want to face Trayvon's mother and she wanted to wipe her hands of
the situation because of the emotion and trauma. She was the last person
Trayvon spoke to and she wanted everyone to understand what that means.
This is in no way easy for her.
Rachel is the prosecution's key witness, but I am going to call her the
misunderstood witness. She holds vital information that both the defense
and prosecution need, but these middle-aged white men questioning her do
not get it. Sadly both the prosecution and the defense [but more so the
defense] have an extreme disconnect from her reality, like I said. The
constant text messaging between her and Trayvon is normal for two high
school kids who may like each other, *the nonchalant use of racial slurs
like "cracka" and "n*gga" are *
*( If "cracka and n*gga" are not racist, just slang. Why did writer not use
nigga)*
*slang (as Rachel put it) and that doesn't mean it comes from a racist
place.*
Trayvon was just 17, his life consisted of text messaging, high school,
PS3, girls and not much else. He had a lot of growing up to do, a lot of
experiences to take in, so much more to learn, but sadly, he will never get
a chance to do any of those things.
Rachel on the other hand will get to, but with her immaturity displayed on
the stand for the whole world to see, she quickly became a joke. Maybe we
were picturing Trayvon's alleged girlfriend to be a bit different, but
nevertheless, Rachel still is the last person, aside from George Zimmerman,
that Trayvon had any contact with while he was alive on this earth.
Rachel's mumbling, hostility and that reference to the show *First
48<http://www.aetv.com/the_first_48/>
,* among other things, threw us for a loophole, but let's remember, she is
just a teen. This is what she knows. This is far from a *Lifetime* movie,
this is her life. In the flesh, but still on our TVs.
I cried when she described the feeling of realizing she was the last person
Trayvon spoke to, cringed at her blatant honesty, laughed when she spoke
back to the attorneys and even had to turn my volume down throughout
different phases of her testimony because of sheer discomfort.
Rachel was authentic, nervous and extremely herself. *She did, after all,
hear her* *friend, a minor, get killed in cold blood.*
Excuse the hell out of me, but if memory serves the testimony was she was
talking to him and the phone went CLICK!!!!!
*She heard nothing and the writer has just lied thru her teeth.*
And her involvement, from what we can tell, became dragged out beyond
anything she ever wanted.
Her hostility is making more sense now.
Rachel's collision with Zimmerman's attorney Don
West<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_West_%28sportscaster%29>was
uncomfortable to watch. They didn't get each other. I even thought at
one point they were going to call in some type of translator. Yes, she
mumbled, but the amount of times she was asked to repeat herself, speak up
and slow down proved that they were indeed speaking different
languages. But let's be honest. Rachel Jeantel's attitude is exactly what I
would expect from someone from the hood who has no media training and who
is fully entrenched in a hostile environment.
There's nothing wrong with it.
A few different times while watching this trial I've gotten caught up in
the entertainment of it all, like a movie I don't want to miss the ending
to. But this isn't a movie, and although Don West did kick off his opening
argument with a "Knock-Knock"
joke<http://globalgrind.com/news/george-zimmerman-attorney-opening-statement-knock-knock-joke-trial-video>,
it's not meant to be entertainment. And definitely not funny.
This is truly a life and death situation. Rachel was on the phone with
Trayvon moments *before he got murdered* while walking home from a 7-11,
back to "his Daddy's house," as Rachel so eloquently put it. Aside from
George Zimmerman, Rachel was Trayvon's last communication on this earth.
*Can Rachel help prove that Trayvon was attacked by George Zimmerman? What
are your thoughts? Tweet with me.
@RachelSamara<http://www.twitter.com/rachelsamara>
*
*I made the mistake of reading comments yesterday and even got into a few
brawls. It's frightening how stupid and racist those people are. There are
about 3,000 comments...scary.*
*I tried to find contact info for this nitwit so I could blast her. All I
found was twitter acct, I don't twitter.. :LOL: ~Steve~*
Read more:
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