Did she use her phony southern fried chicken accent again?

I am interested in knowing why Jena 6 is not talked about on the nightly news

What has happened to the white children in this case are they all just free while this African American students are facing a ruined future

The reason the Jena 6 is not talked about on you nightly news is because it is censored. Any race issues or taken out. You also do not hear about the young lady in Virginia. Listen to yourselves. This is the problem in the first place, people that think like you.

Why isn't this being covered in mainstream media? This is a huge issue that we should be focusing on right now, not Britney Spears and her lackluster performances or O.J.'s trial. This is far more important.

I wonder what kind of outcry there would have been if the roles had been reversed and a group of whites had attacked an African American. Who would have been there to stand up for them? I don't think that all these politically motivated speeches about justice and fairness would have been made. I think that the reverse would have been the case. They would have been calling for the whites to be prosecuted to the fullest. I feel that there are two sets of rules on both sides. It only seems to be on the national news when there is unjustice for African Americans.

Can you recall a time when whites ever had a unfair trial? This would never happen in white-america thats why this issue is so important. Why should anyone have to live in two different Americas? And the fact that it issue didn't even make the nightly news yesterday is a even more outrage. This is one the biggest civil rights cases in my generation and it doesn't even make the front page of a newspaper.

I cannot understand why you would feel that the reverse situation would be the same or different.or why you feel that is the proper question to be asking @ a time like this. The question should be, how and why this is still going on in the United States? Why are there still places that people weather black or white are being persecuted, or treated unfairly based on the color of their skin or background. Why haven't we as a county grown pass this, and what will it take to see some growth, and change in a country that is so rich in diversity and culture. Ask the right questions.

Can't people tell the differance between a rope in a tree and physical contact. The school should have dealt with the boys in the rope ordeal and now the legal system is dealing with the beating by other boys. It is not against the law to hang a rope. Assult is against the law. The school drop the ball in this on. The school should of addressed the rope ordeal and suppended those boys when this first happen. If other boys get a slap on the wrist for beating a person because they felt anger in their civil right being denied, what kind of message will that send?

I think beating a kid almost to death by not just one but 6 attackers is a big difference than hanging a rope in a tree.

And why isnt this being listed as a hate crime? Oh yea... cause the victim was white. Today blacks are allowed to practice legal racism and the world has to take it.

And Hillary is a moron just like Sharpton and Jackson.

First of all we are all making these comments, but stop and say a prayer for these kids. For through prayer all things are possible. We are all under one nation one God. People its time to wake up, time is near. Yes the Jena 6 were treated unfairly; attempted second degree murder, come on now. Was anything broken or was any weapons used? I don't understand this white/black thing in the society today. We all bleed red blood; lack of knowledge have alot to do with what is happening today to our young people. Hell I'm sure someone down the line in my family were slaves, but that don't make me a slave. I work hard to support me and my family I don't live for handouts. I am a firm beleiver in discipline, I do not uphold my kids in their wrong doing. right is right and wrong is wrong. My prayers go out to these boys and their family. I also pray for the white kids, because its not their fault, a child live what he/she learn. Below is what I have posted on my ice box at home:

THE BOTTOM LINE

FACE IT!!! Nobody owes you a living. What you achieve or fail to achieve in your lifetime is directly related to what you do or fail to do.

* No one chooses his parents or childhood, but you can choose your own direction.

* Everyone has problems and obstacles to overcome, but that too is relative to each individual.

* NOTHING IS CARVED IN STONE!!! You can change your life if you want to badly enough.

* Excuses are for losers: Those who take responsibility for their actions are the real winners.

* Winners meet life's challenges head on, knowing there are no guarantees, and give it all they've got.

* And never think it is too late or too early to begin, time plays no favorites and will pass whether you act or not.

* TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE!! Dare to dream and takes risk....Compete. If you aren't willing to work for your goals, don't expect others to.

it hurts my heart to hear everyones comments..i am a 25 yr old single mother whos sons future depends on this trial...everyone says what if the tables were turned..well the tables were turned..have any of you been following the case..it was first the white boys the attack the black boy and they didn't get charged w/ attempted murder(is that racist)..it is time to wake up people..we have to live together, if these boys get charged i don't know what the world is coming too!!!!!!!!

Hanging a noose from a tree to send a message that you are not welcomed is a hate crime. regardless if you are Jewish, Irish, Gay or whoever. Anything done against a certain group to show that you are not welcome is wrong. And for those who don't know the white kids did jump and beat one of the black teens and nothing was done about it. The question then "is our justice system really that off?" The school did nothing. When the blacks were attack. The law did nothing when the blacks were attack. As long as you are white you can hang a noose from a tree and as a group beat a black and nothing happens. But if you are a group of blacks and get into a fight because someone taunts and harasses you, you are charged with attempted murder with the murder weapon being a tennis shoe.
What if the group involved was not black but Jewish or gays, what then.
Again we need to ask the right question. What is wrong with the American justice system?

First...As for there never being unjust trials of whites, it does happen. It just doesn't get the publicity a case might get if there is a potential race issue.

Fairly recently, those Duke University Lacrosse players were falsely accused and put through the wringer. In the beginning, I was all for supporting the alleged victim IF it was the truth. But it wasn't the truth. So those young men did suffer unjustly. It wasn't a fair trial because the prosecutor was a liar and knew it, and took advantage of the alleged victim as well.

Secondly...Joni & David, you echoed my thoughts exactly. I feel that hanging nooses in a tree was despicable and hateful. The school should have dealt with those students for what they did, in an appropriate manner. There should have been some kind of harassment charge brought or something, and the court should have had something to charge those kids with. Of course, others might argue some freedom of speech thing. In the same way, the KKK can still hold demonstrations, no matter how much most of us hate it. I hate it. I hate racism. I get sick of some of the so-called "free speech" that is allowed to go on, too.

But hanging nooses is FAR different from if the white students had then proceeded to try and ACTUALLY hang black students with said nooses. In the same respect, SIX black students beating the crap out of ONE white student (even assuming the white student was involved with the nooses) is far, far different from hanging nooses in a tree. They knocked the kid unconscious. 6 against 1 isn't a fair fight, no matter what.

It's so frustrating that people can't seem to see the difference. One person was actually harmed by six people. While the nooses were disgusting, no one actually got physically harmed by them.

And how on earth is six people beating the daylights out of one racist going to do ANY good for changing race relations. It's NOT! If anything, it will fuel the hate.

And Birda, your post was fantastic. I pray every day for peace between people of all colors and backgrounds. I'll be adding all these young people to my prayers as well. LOVED what you have on your refrigerator and will probably put it on mine. I've known both types of people...those who came from awful circumstances and were good, good, loving people...and those who came from bad circumstances and felt it justified the bad way they treated others. I have nothing but admiration for those who rise above adversity and prove that cycles CAN be broken.

Where is there information about the white students jumping the black student first? I haven't seen that in what I've read. Just an uproar that white students hung nooses in a tree on school grounds, and that six black students then beat one white student unconscious.

If that, indeed, is the case, then there is definitely an imbalance in the way justice is being carried out.

This is just absolutely sad.. The white man doing what he does best...

The ignorance that is being spouted by people saying the hanging of the nooses is "ok" and doesn't actually mean anything is absolutly ridiculous. Whites do this all the time "It is ok to call blacks colored folk" It is ok to have preference in business and government" I'm here to say no it is not "ok" Whites benefit their kids can hang nooses and parade around in klan outfits all day long. But you let a black man hold up a black fist in this country such as the black panthers and what happens. They are tossed in jail or murdered. People in this country white, black or whatever need to wake up there are two systems of justice and there are two systems for everything when it pertains to race in our nation. And this is written by a black man with a MBA so no I'm not stupid or ignorant and I have an education. The kids should be punished but the attempt to jail them for twenty years is an outrage. So, my question is why are whites focusing on the kids being punished instead of focusing on the fact they are trying to be jailed for twenty years?

Of course there is going to be nothing about the white kid jumping the black kid it is "ok" it is not a big deal. Also, threating black people with a shotgun is not a big deal either. This was done by the whites that hung the nooses according to several accounts. Know your facts.

If the jena 6 is inocent law will set them free, if justice find them guilty then they have to face it. leave it to justice they are not damn.

why must things like this happen?We are
living in the greatest country in the world,yet people foster hate every day.We are in Irag fighting for liberties,but are guilty of violations here.