I felt out of the loop when I discovered the Jena 6 issue on the news just about a month ago. I was watching CNN and heard this really deeply disturbing story about a racial feud going on in a small town in Louisiana. Once I got the whole story, I was pretty upset at what's going on. I feel that the charges against the 6 students are completely outrageous and uncalled for. I'm not saying that they shouldn't be punished for the injuries they caused to the white student (if in fact they are the ones who committed that crime), but conspiracy to commit murder? Teenagers beat up teenagers every single day, but rarely are any charged with this serious of a crime.
Aside from the attack on that student, I was rather upset at the fact that there are still so many problems with racism in our nation. However, the media is handling it well, as I've seen all sides of the story being reported. Although I have noticed that I've seen mostly black reporters in Jena giving the newest bit of information. I suppose that's just stray away from any time of discrimination in an area where tensions are very thick at the moment.
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