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BBCからです。オバマ大統領がここまで人種について個人的な気持ちを発言したのは今までなかったような気がします。この射殺された少年はホリスターのシャツを着ていましたね。私も以前娘が欲しがっていたので買ってやりましたよ。顔で判断するわけではありませんが、この少年にぐれた雰囲気はありませんね。普通の子です。むしろこの自警団のジマーマンという男のほうが、ちょっと雰囲気おかしいですね。夜コンビニで買い物をして歩いていたら、自称自警団の男に後をつけられ、言いがかりを付けられ...しかもそれが自分よりかなり問題のありそうなやつで。私でもかっときます。だいたい自警団なんて集団、ちょっと歴史の勉強をしていたらどんな連中の集まりか容易に分かります。
'Trayvon Martin could have been me' - Barack Obama
20 July 2013 Last updated at 01:43 GMTPresident Barack Obama has said that "Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago1", in his first comments on the case since last week's verdict.
The unarmed black 17-year-old was shot and killed in Florida in February 2012.
George Zimmerman, 29, said he opened fire on the teenager in self-defence and was acquitted of murder by a Florida court last week.
In an unexpected press call, Mr Obama said very few black men in the US had not experienced racial profiling2.
Mr Obama said the pain that3 African-Americans felt around the case came from the fact that3 they viewed it through "a set of experiences and a history that3 doesn't go away".
He said African Americans were also keenly aware of racial disparities in the application of criminal laws.
"That all contributes to a sense that if a white male teen was involved in the same kind of scenario, both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different," Mr Obama said.
"When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that3 is Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago."
He shared his experiences of being racially profiled in the past, such as being followed while out shopping.
"There are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars.
"There are very few African-Americans who haven't had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she has a chance to get off," he said.
Mr Obama also hailed the "incredible grace and dignity" of Trayvon Martin's parents - Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton - in the way they reacted to the verdict.
Calling for "soul-searching" from Americans on issues of race, he also sounded a hopeful note, saying that race relations were improving with each generation.
中略
Trayvon Martin was shot dead by Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watchman, after an altercation in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
Florida police did not arrest Mr Zimmerman for six weeks after the shooting, provoking mass rallies throughout the US.
verdict 判決
acquit 無罪であることを言い渡す
racial profiling 人種的選別
disparity 格差
application 適用、申請
contribute to ~の一因となる
scenario 筋、脚本
outcome 結果
aftermath 余波
hail 歓迎する、受け入れる
grace 寛大さ
dignity 威厳
soul-searching 自己分析
neighborhood watch group 自警団
altercation 口論
provoke 挑発する
rally 集会
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