{"id":90,"date":"2014-04-21T03:23:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T03:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2015-03-21T03:52:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T03:52:05","slug":"george-zimmerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/george-zimmerman\/","title":{"rendered":"George Zimmerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_91\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91\" data-attachment-id=\"91\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/george-zimmerman\/zimmerman-family\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/zimmerman-family.jpg?fit=226%2C354&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"226,354\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zimmerman family\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The maternal line of the Zimmerman family&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Zimmerman Family &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/zimmerman-family.jpg?fit=226%2C354&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/zimmerman-family.jpg?resize=226%2C354\" alt=\"Zimmerman Family Line\" width=\"226\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/zimmerman-family.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/zimmerman-family.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zimmerman Family<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Beware&#8230;Things Are Not Always As They Appear.<\/p>\n<p>George Zimmerman has been portrayed as non-black or Hispanic by some media and black leaders. You can be both black and Hispanic. To be Hispanic means relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Central and South America. That would be his matriarchal lineage. His mother is Peruvian.<\/p>\n<p>This is a photograph of George Zimmerman&#8217;s mother&#8217;s family. The babe in arms is his mother. That makes him in American speak, at the least Biracial.\u00a0This <a title=\"Zimmerman Family Heritage\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/bestoftv\/2012\/05\/11\/pmt-mark-nejame-zimmerman-famiy-photo.cnn\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> provides further information on George Zimmerman racial identity. Also of note is that his business partner is apparently an African American.<\/p>\n<p>It is for the Jury to make a decision and for us to form our own opinions in the Travyon Martin case. 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