the documentary last night on the Jena High School situation? What are your thoughts? It was very reminiscent of South Africa during the apartheid era. Yet again the church is at the heart of injustice
2007-05-24 22:06:48 · 5 answers · asked by mia 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-05-24 22:18:52 · update #1
I don't watch much television, so I missed the documentary.
Mantan Moreland was a Hollywood actor who film critics later called the 'Negro clown'. We now know that Moreland watched his uncle and friends in Louisiana hanged from telephone poles and lynched by church members in white robes and pointed hats, decorated with Christian crosses.
This is why Moreland was able to tremble and go 'wide-eyed' for the camera, which cinema audiences in America found terrifically funny, that is, to watch the black man scream and run in fear -- what fun!
2007-05-24 22:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kedar 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I didn't see the documentary, but I did read an article about it in the Stars and Stripes. Mainly it's the judicial system and the students who are at fault, not the school itself.
And we're only talking about one school, not the entire church.
2007-05-25 06:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I only caught bits of it but I got the same impression about apartheid.
2007-05-25 05:08:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok, well i'm not american, but if it's anything like apartheid was...that's really terrible!
2007-05-25 05:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didnt see it, what station ?
2007-05-25 05:17:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋