I mean, what was going on with having to ask with sitting underneath the tree, and what the white kid was supposedly doing was right, but how the hell can someone support 6 teenagers that decided violence was the solution? I know the school systems suck, but i mean, couldn't they at least teach something better than that?
2007-09-26 06:57:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
sorry, i meant was=wasn't. I think it wasn't right what the school and white kid did
2007-09-26 07:08:24 · update #1
It's wrong for six guys to beat one guy. The Jena Six should be held accountable for their actions and be punished. No sentence was handed down. Mychal Bell is a repeat violent offender who was on probation at the time. Justin Barker had nothing to do with the nooses in the tree. Don't be fooled by the media fanning the flames of racism. Violence is wrong in a civil society. Good luck. 2D
2007-09-26 07:04:40 · answer #1 · answered by 2D 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ideally, yes. Not to justify anything, but the disconent over inequal justice has been building in portions of the African-American community for decades. For similar crimes, blacks and whites generally do not get equal treatment by police, the courts, or even access to decent representation. Moreover, there is a tendancy to let things go when white people do something (such as the pattern of harrassment by whites prior to the beating).
The end results are acceptance of oppressive conditions, or to find a way to draw attention (ideally peacefully). White America has become desensitized to pleas for a dialogue on these issues, having swept everything under the carpet and assuming everything is okay. With peaceful calls for dialogue repeatedly ignored, a violent outburst was going to happen sooner or later (not that I'm justifying it) - but if someone told us that two months ago, we wouldn't be lsitening - our hearts were bleeding for poor Paris Hilton.
just calling it like it is; don't blame the messenger.
2007-09-26 14:06:41 · answer #2 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The defendants in this case (the black teenagers) are not the most sympathetic characters ever. However, teh charges brought against the one young man were ludicrous. As for me, I will defend anyone of any color when it becomes evident that the law is only being applied to them or people of their skin color.
Who know? Perhaps this assault would still have taken place if there had been an atmosphere of fair and equal treatment under the law regardless of skin colo in this community. We will never know. The treatment was anything but fair and equal. When that type of situation becomes evident I will take a stand.
2007-09-26 14:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that no one did anything when the nooses appeared in the "white" tree after the black student and his friends wanted to sit there. That caused racial tensions and a white student was beaten up at a party by the 6 black kids. Both sides were wrong and the blacks are supporting their own saying that action should have been taken with the nooses and that would/should have prevented further episodes.
2007-09-26 14:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by Kiwi 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its obvious that you haven't heard the correct story, I'm glad that those kids got there but* kicked.... Anyone who is ignorant enough to commit to stupid acts such as hang rope from a tree imposing to hang the "6" is outrageous. Your right about the school system, Its sad that new kids have to make sure its okay to sit @ a specific spot... F the racist and long live equality
2007-09-26 14:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Morrissey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What the hell does putting a noose in a tree have to do with racism? It may have been in poor taste, but there is nothing racial about it. You think only black people have been lynched?
Whether you like it or not, putting a noose in a tree is not against the law as long as there is no threat to go with it. Like it or not it falls under freedom of speech and expression just like flag burning(which I also am against). The kids who did it were suspended.
End of story.......until black kids ganged up on a white kid....THAT is a hate crime. And if you, like me, have ever had a bunch of blacks gang up on you, you would sypathize with the white kid, not his attackers. Everything was ok until Jesse and Al stirred up the racists by playing the race card for no reason.
2007-09-26 15:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are hoping that ESPN's "town meetings' will turn into a weekly reality show and cover all amusing topics. It will be better than watching Larry the Cable Guy.
On another subject but similar in nature, are all Atlanta radio stations playing Bob Dylan's hit song 'everybody must get stoned?'
2007-09-26 14:39:44 · answer #7 · answered by Zinger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want the charges dropped because there were no charges filed against the whites.
What they should be asking for is charges brought up against the whites involved rather than a free pass for gang violence and assault.
2007-09-26 14:30:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the 'Jena 6' were any kind of men they would have went over and sat at the tree area. And if anyone had a problem with it they could tell them to buzz off. But what did the 'Jena 6' do? They went and beat up one poor white child. They need jail time, not awards.
2007-09-26 14:02:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
You are correct in saying violence is not the answer. I agree with that. However, 22 years in prison is extreme for beating someone with a tennis shoe. People support them not to get them off completely, but to say: Either give them the time you would give a white child for the same action or give the white child that fought the black kids only a few days earlier 22 years as well. There is a huge double standard. That's why people support them.
2007-09-26 14:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋