Jena Six.
I'm not one really to talk about political this or that,
or to see the black & white in things. I know that
America still has a LOT of growing up to do & that
we as a country truly aren't the "United States".
Many of the country doesn't even know about the
Jena Six incident that happened in Jena, Louisiana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuoiZnr4jLY
Watch that if you don't already know.
America is so quick to act as if racisim doesn't
still exist. The sad reality is that it does, it may
not be as out in the open as it was when blacks
were getting lynched, or when indians walked
the trail of tears, or when japanese were being
targeted in California, but its still going on.
People are so quick to make this a "black and white"
thing. Its an America thing. We always turn our heads
away from events that don't make America look pretty.
I'm sorry but underneath those stars and stripes,
are a lot of hidden secrets and sad stories.
This particulary touches my heart because I don't
understand how today, 2007, people still act shocked
that things like this are going on. Get past the shock,
and wake up. This event was just brought up and its been
going on for over a year. It hasn't been on major news shows,
it hasn't even been on OPRAH. Its a damn shame.
I'm not sure what I can do about it besides tell everyone that
I know about the terrible situation. Wear my "Free the Jena Six"
shirt and hope that someone asks what its all about. These are
six young men, who finally stood up for themselves. Do I think
it was right for them to beat the kid up? No, but obviously right
or wrong doesn't apply to their case.
Let's look at the wrongs:
1: A student feels uncomfortable enough to ask the principal
if he can sit under a tree. That's just not right.
2: Nooses hanging in the tree the next day, in their SCHOOL
COLORS so obviously they were proud of the racist statement
they were making.
3: Kid gets beat up at a party.
4: MAN tries to shoot young men. They take the gun to the police
station and get charged. Since when are criminals bold enough to
turn themselves in? Give me a break.
5: Six kids beating another kid. Now that isn't right, but its like those
kids don't have anyone supporting them. They had to take their
rights in their own hands. They stood up for themselves and look
where they are now.
6: Being tried for attempted murder, when the kid only received a
black eye. I'm sure if they were trying to kill him, they would've.
Being tried as adults, for a school fight. That shows right there, that
they are still "children" therefore, charge them as children.
They don't even deserve a charge. Suspend them from school maybe
but jail? Seriously.
Where are the kids sentences who hung the nooses?
Where is the man that had the gun in the store?
Where are the kids who beat the kid up?
Oh you don't know? That's my point exactly.
Free the Jena six & Wake America UP.
thank you.
-a concerned citizen.
I'm not one really to talk about political this or that,
or to see the black & white in things. I know that
America still has a LOT of growing up to do & that
we as a country truly aren't the "United States".
Many of the country doesn't even know about the
Jena Six incident that happened in Jena, Louisiana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuoiZnr4jLY
Watch that if you don't already know.
America is so quick to act as if racisim doesn't
still exist. The sad reality is that it does, it may
not be as out in the open as it was when blacks
were getting lynched, or when indians walked
the trail of tears, or when japanese were being
targeted in California, but its still going on.
People are so quick to make this a "black and white"
thing. Its an America thing. We always turn our heads
away from events that don't make America look pretty.
I'm sorry but underneath those stars and stripes,
are a lot of hidden secrets and sad stories.
This particulary touches my heart because I don't
understand how today, 2007, people still act shocked
that things like this are going on. Get past the shock,
and wake up. This event was just brought up and its been
going on for over a year. It hasn't been on major news shows,
it hasn't even been on OPRAH. Its a damn shame.
I'm not sure what I can do about it besides tell everyone that
I know about the terrible situation. Wear my "Free the Jena Six"
shirt and hope that someone asks what its all about. These are
six young men, who finally stood up for themselves. Do I think
it was right for them to beat the kid up? No, but obviously right
or wrong doesn't apply to their case.
Let's look at the wrongs:
1: A student feels uncomfortable enough to ask the principal
if he can sit under a tree. That's just not right.
2: Nooses hanging in the tree the next day, in their SCHOOL
COLORS so obviously they were proud of the racist statement
they were making.
3: Kid gets beat up at a party.
4: MAN tries to shoot young men. They take the gun to the police
station and get charged. Since when are criminals bold enough to
turn themselves in? Give me a break.
5: Six kids beating another kid. Now that isn't right, but its like those
kids don't have anyone supporting them. They had to take their
rights in their own hands. They stood up for themselves and look
where they are now.
6: Being tried for attempted murder, when the kid only received a
black eye. I'm sure if they were trying to kill him, they would've.
Being tried as adults, for a school fight. That shows right there, that
they are still "children" therefore, charge them as children.
They don't even deserve a charge. Suspend them from school maybe
but jail? Seriously.
Where are the kids sentences who hung the nooses?
Where is the man that had the gun in the store?
Where are the kids who beat the kid up?
Oh you don't know? That's my point exactly.
Free the Jena six & Wake America UP.
thank you.
-a concerned citizen.
1 comment:
No one is really gonna realize it's more than just a "black and white" thing.
There's people all over the world facing racism and discrimination everyday. But we can't go fixing their problems, we gotta fix our own, here in America.
Until people are willing to make a difference nothing is gonna change.
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