20 September 2007

Racism in Jena, Louisiana

Looking over the chronology of events in Jena, Louisiana, I'm struck by a few things:

  • you have to practically be from another planet if you think hanging nooses from a tree in the South is not a racist action

  • if they had expelled the students immediately as the principal recommended, this may not have grown into the media circus it now is

  • it's disgusting that prosecuting people for knocking someone unconscious and then kicking him and beating him is being construed as racist

1 comment:

Jeremy Cox said...

There are so many things wrong with the Jena case it's hard to know where to begin but this is a nice start.