at various points during the media coverage of the trial the jury was described allwoman correct allwhite incorrect and five women one minority correct but vague thats why it was so weird to hear amy goodman host of democracy now one of the most solidly progressive independent media news shows available in this county characterize the jury as a sixwoman nonblack jury as if maddys life experience as a puerto rican living in the us disassociated her from blackness originally published in the authors personal site on friday july 26 2013 some might read that as what goes around comes around but im feeling it more as a critique of western linear thinking something it seems that most people of color share while many latin american countries struggle with their own african identity at times being in open denial of negritude there is a growing movement of afrolatinos involved in struggles of recognition and claiming rights while maddys interview displayed a frank natural tone this may have been the most natural thing she said she may have a point in her first complaint but the second may be more of an indication of how poorly the jury was instructed by the prosecution my overall impression of maddys interview is sympathy with what seems to be the turmoil she feels for having been part of delivering the verdict and her invocation of a spiritual power ultimately determining the moral judgement on the case i was intrigued by iyers fascinating point that in her feeling the prosecutions biggest mistake was introducing exculpatory evidence that is allowing zimmerman to state he was not guilty as well as offering his detailed explanations why he was not guilty by playing his appearances on fox news including the infamous it was gods plan interview with sean hannity as well as his walkthrough of the events for the police one of the biggest debates going on in the us latino an latin american communities right now is just how black latinos are or choose to be reports alluded to a mysterious latina who was sometimes made into a person of color while other commentators decided that since she was latina she was not black since the jurors were sequestered and could not be photographed the reader was forced to rely on the interpretation of the media observer for a description of the jurys racial composition and at the end of the day hes going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with or it may be a moral position she has taken about not judging people she encounters by race and not a neoconservative postracial fallacy this may reflect the peculiar perspective many biracial or darkskinned latinos may take that is understanding how it feels to be profiled while at the same time abstracting themselves from the essential conflict between white and african americans in the us in the us many migrants from caribbean island nations and caribbeaninfluenced countries like colombia and