Have you heard about the ‘Jena 6’?
There is a lot of turmoil going on today in Louisiana as many gather to protest 6 African American students being jailed after a violent incident with a fellow Caucasian student.
From Wikipedia - On December 4, 2006, Jena High School student Justin Barker, age 17, was assaulted by other Jena High students. According to reports, earlier that day Barker, a white student, bragged about how one of his alleged attackers, Robert Bailey, Jr., had been beaten up by a white man the Friday before. Barker was then knocked to the ground after being hit in the back of his head, and a group of students followed suit by repeatedly kicking him. Barker, who was left unconscious after the attack, was examined by a doctor at the local hospital. After two hours of treatment and observation for a concussion and an eye that had swollen shut, he was released in time to attend the school’s Ring ceremony that evening, though he later testified that he left early due to pain. In the meantime, the six students accused of the attack, eventually dubbed the “Jena Six”, were arrested.”
The Wikipedia link gives a lot of information regarding the event. One of the students has actually been in jail for a year! It is amazing that such racism is still rampant in certain parts of the United States in 2007. Take a minute to search this on Google or read the Wikipedia link.
What are your thoughts? I’m stunned.
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