Intercultural Conflict Analysis3
On the
Treyvon Martin Case

There are two sources of conflict in the Treyvon Martin case. One being that Zimmerman acted in self-defense or that Martin was the deadly victim of racial profiling by a neighborhood watch volunteer. This case is still considered cloudy with the circumstances that arose to the death of this teenage boy. According to reports the boy was unarmed and had gone to the store to buy candy, which he had in his hand when he was supposedly attacked by Zimmerman. Zimmerman claims that Martin had a gun and tried to attack him and in self-defense he shot Martin.
Value differences in this case are ethics and diversity, where there was a call for social justice and diversity added context to this case. In social justice, a societal system speaks up for those who lack power in society and oppose unfair treatment in a justice system. Snap judgements made by a volunteer neighborhood watchman as well as racial profiling resulted in the needless death of a teenage boy. The parents of Treyvon Martin would not have been heard in their pleas for justice in their sons’ death because of their placement in society and lack of power. The Treyvon Martin case is an example of the role of social comparison. Zimmerman being an example of ethnocentrism where being Hispanic had his own group of values that he based his decision on in reference to Treyvon Martin being a threat to the community.

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