How six black boys in Louisiana are the victims of modern-day lynch mob justice.
In the past months, the story of the “Jena six” has received fleeting national attention. These six Louisiana black boys have spent months trapped in a nightmare that has gotten progressively worse. One boy faces a possible sentence of 22 years of prison, while the others face 100 years in prison for attempted murder. Their crime, if it can be called that, was defending themselves in what amounts to a schoolyard fight.…
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26 - Wormwood
"History tells us that the nature of white people is unjust. Their actions continue to show us that they will use whatever means available to destroy anyone not like them."
White people like every other race on the face of the planet have engaged discrimination, and racial atrocities, but the black slave trade would never have been possible without willing help from native Africans. Is it more evil to purchase a stranger as a slave, or to sell your brother into slavery?
Benin apologizes for slavery
"We as black peolpe have forgotten that we had to fight and die to be as "free" as we are today.many of us have fooled ourselves into beleiving that the fight is over"
350,000 Union(evil whitey) soldiers died in the civil war. What fight are you referring to?
"But in terms of whites doing whats right:they can not do so on their own accord because it is not IN them. How does one expect love from those whos insticnt is to hate?"
Slavery is still practiced in Africa, so hows that for hate?
I don't hate black people but I am tired of this attempt to make me feel guilty for something that ended a 100 years before I was born. When will the whining stop. When is the debt paid? Al Sharpton can give you that answer, and it's never. The debt will never be paid until evil whitey quits letting you make him feel guilty, and I don't feel guilty.
27 - 911
Well here we go again. Remember 911? Suddenly Americans of all races and color were standing together, is that what it takes in this country to be as one, a tradgety? There is racism in every culture, there is good and bad in every culture and race. One bad apple does not ruin the crate. This incident has nothing to do with how black parents raise their children or with white people getting it right. There will always be some racism in every culture but that does not make every one race a bad one. White people guarenteed are the worse and at the same time there are many, many white people who are genuine good, fair rightous people. The same can be said for black people, good and bad. I am white, my children are biracial, it has come at me and my children from all sides. There is no good or bad there is only rightousness and common sense. If someone burnt a Cross in my yard you better believe I'm going after that person wheather they are white or black, period. Maybe we need another tradgedy in this country to pull us together again, seems like everyone is getting bored with themselves so hey, time to pick on the other guy. Let's come together, right now. Don't worry, that prosucuter won't last long once the freedom fighters come down on him. As for the kids that hung the rope, they need to find out what their ancestry is and see what happened to their people in the past and maybe they need a lesson of their own so that they can see how it feels. Every natonality has suffered some kind of pursecution in the past, they need to know what theirs was. How much longer does this have to go on?
28 - lexis
Raven,
I'm a 22 year old BLACK female staying and raised by a black woman with 3 other kids, She taught us how to treat everyone as one(equal). What you have said in your comment I really do understand where you are coming from, How could we as black people be the victims of something that we didnt start. Maybe if we as black people let other people bother us and get away with then what would the DISTRICT ATTORNEY do then? But I be Damn if we going to walk around with our heads down because other people wasnt raised RIGHT. I can fully say that I was raised right and still being raised to this day, no matter if I am 22yrs old, I learn stuff everyday from my mother, And we still respect those who respect us!!!!!!!!