OK. I have to say some things because of all the inexperienced and uneducated comments.
The recent racism towards blacks comes against lower and lower middle classes. Within these classes many people (including blacks and whites - who are on the a pretty level playing field) act very cocky, offensive, and arrogant. It is a subcultural thing shared by many disadvantaged people (including whites, yes there are many disadvantaged whites raised much the same exact way as the blacks who become disadvantaged - i think fatherlessness plays much more a role than color and is rampant in black communities and more and more white families). This is from experience as I am a young white man who grow up fatherless and gutter and had 0 white friends for many years because I just didn't relate to "normal" white culture.
Although there are many more total poor whites in this country, there is a greater percentage of the total black community making up this demographic. This is were we derive stereotypes and associate hate we recieve from a few experience (media doesn't help) and associate with the majority...of the minority. We naturally assign categories to not spend so much time rethinking things. This happens more by percentages than totals. Many whites hate the poor whites too but people can't pull the race card and are instead labeled lazy roudy problematic "white trash". It is easier for people to categories by a color and dress style than by backgrounds and facts.
There are many more ignorant reasons of racism but I think the rich just fear and therefore hate the poor (lets face it we do some fd up shit to people to be "down", etc. when younger).
Whites in the north are extra nice to minorities in school, growing up, etc. and many of the blacks (not all by any means) abuse this kindness as a weakness. This angers some of their white peers. Up here I don't really see whites abusing kindness of blacks. That's one thing blacks need to work on. Whites need also work on their shit too. Try pretending we are all the same species (cause we are) and blacks too. I think both sides are ignorant and are playing the "I'm not gonna stop until they stop" GAME. Racism is childish. If there are poor groups blame structure of society built by the rich to keep us down.
AND to add to the threads topics - FACT: Zimmerman is Hispanic. - Not Caucasian. Again ignorance.
Oh. And please don't call me a "n%@#$@ lover". I love no race more than the other. I have white pride (just like brown pride, native pride, black pride, etc.) but not he kind this country has grown in ignorance. White pride should not = superiority. I have white pride not "American white pride" - they have no pity for any "non-rich" people and families regardless of race.