The difference between Zimmerman being called a "white hispanic" and President Obama being considered black is strictly appearance. No one would look at Obama and say "Oh look at that white man." Being a mother of mixed kids I would never have known Obama was mixed unless it was brought out in the media. He does not look all that mixed to me.
Now there are white hispanics. My cousins are two of them. Straight out of Cuba but blonde hair and blue/green eyed. You would never know they were hispanic unless they told you-because of the common misconception that all hispanics look like Mexicans.
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