09-20-2007, 01:03 PM
I agree with everyone's sentiments about race. Howver, given the context of rural Louisiana and Jenna's apparent history of racial tension, race is a pertinent factor.
This whole thing started because some black kids sat under the tree that was "understood" to belong to the white kids at that school. Some time later, a group of white kids hung up nooses on that particular tree to let them know how they felt about blacks breaking the "understood" rules. The black kids then retaliated. All parties were under 18. This was a school fight. Period.
The white racists, and they were racists, took it too far and tried to send this kid away for attempted murder.
The black racists aren't trying to solve anything except to up their own profiles.
The media loves these stories because people will process this story through their own set of biases and get all worked up and stay glued to their televisions.
This whole thing started because some black kids sat under the tree that was "understood" to belong to the white kids at that school. Some time later, a group of white kids hung up nooses on that particular tree to let them know how they felt about blacks breaking the "understood" rules. The black kids then retaliated. All parties were under 18. This was a school fight. Period.
The white racists, and they were racists, took it too far and tried to send this kid away for attempted murder.
The black racists aren't trying to solve anything except to up their own profiles.
The media loves these stories because people will process this story through their own set of biases and get all worked up and stay glued to their televisions.
Two feet.