RE: Jena 6: the elephant in the room.

[pepperbear]

There are so many sides to this story, and I am among the first to admit that violence never was and never is the answer. However, to paraphrase Chris Rock, "I wouldn't ever kill anybody....but I understand."

Here's the rub, and the one thing the press never mentions; whether or not those nooses were a harmless prank is irrelevant. The only answer the white kids in that school should have given was something akin to this:

"We apologize that this tree has always been considered to be "the white hangout". We know where that kind of thinking leads and it's wrong. You are welcome to sit under the tree any time you want."

The nooses were unacceptable and sent a message to the world that the black kids shouldn't have even dared to ask about the tree. I am sorry people got hurt, but this is 2007, not 1957. Nobody should be expected to roll over and take that kind of treatment.