[lit-ideas] Re: The Terrorist next door
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:39:23 -0400
>>Racism still motivates groups of people to assume the
innocence of suspects.
Judy: as often as it leads groups of people to assume their
guilt?
Generally, yes I agree. In the OJ case however, there was
OJ's ridiculous slowmo car chase and lots of compelling
evidence. The country's opinions of his guilt split largely
along racial lines regardless of the evidence.
That makes it similar to: "... members of the large Muslim
community there, many of whom work for the government, were
unfazed by the evidence aligned against Chandia. After his
conviction, some 350 Muslims including Islamic scholars,
activists and other leaders, as well as government employees
and contractors, donated generously to his defense fund."
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