steeleing4 is talking about joining a bus load from Atl going to protest.
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If I were still in Louisiana I'd be going to Jena for the protest tomorrow. For all of you who have lived in south Louisiana and think you know backwards racism, try the north part of the state. Shreveport, Alexandria, Natchitoches -- they make New Orleans seem enlightened by comparison. I actually had the mayor of a town about 20 miles from Jena call and demand that we contract with a white doctor no matter what the rate because the city employees didn't want to go to the sand [n word]. Apparently he'd been to Goa and thought all of India was covered in sandy beaches. It felt like the twilight zone.
I hope the protest tomorrow is peaceful and successful. Perhaps it will open a few eyes in that town, and things will begin to change, because JDarg is right -- none of those kids have a chance of getting out of that economically depressed hellhole if they go on indoctrinating their kids to hate.
I hope the protest tomorrow is peaceful and successful. Perhaps it will open a few eyes in that town, and things will begin to change, because JDarg is right -- none of those kids have a chance of getting out of that economically depressed hellhole if they go on indoctrinating their kids to hate.
I am so happy that people are standing up and wanting a change but...I am having a hard time with Jesse Jackson. When he speaks I think of this.
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Jesse et al are having a wonderful time sacking the tackling dummy that is stereotyped southern white on black racism. Going all out decrying a few idiots who hung a noose in a tree and pointing out what are obviously trumped-up charges isn't terribly courageous. It really makes me sick that they are comparing the protest in Jena to that in Selma. Selma? Excuse me, Revs. Jackson and Sharpton, are you anticipating being shot, beaten, watercannoned or bitten by German Shepherds? Those were the very real risks run by Selma marchers;the biggest hazard you face today is getting tongue tied and shin splints running after cameras and getting your soundbites in.
If the Revs. really wanted to address shocking civil rights abuse in Louisiana, they should get on the busses and head south to New Orleans. There they will find the wholesale and seemingly daily slaughter of young black men. Is there any worse violation of civil rights than to take somebody's life? I think not; and not a peep out of Jesse or Al. Of course they will not touch NOLA with a 10 foot pole since the social pathology that fuels the murders is not as neatly packaged nor confrontable as are a bunch of rednecks in the rural south who we all know are racists anyway(or at least that is what CNN implies, with their slick lynching tree logo running during promos for Jena coverage).
I hope the outcome in Jena is fair for all involved, and I am really looking forward to the 'activists' going back to their penthouses until the next profitable outrage occurs. :angry:
If the Revs. really wanted to address shocking civil rights abuse in Louisiana, they should get on the busses and head south to New Orleans. There they will find the wholesale and seemingly daily slaughter of young black men. Is there any worse violation of civil rights than to take somebody's life? I think not; and not a peep out of Jesse or Al. Of course they will not touch NOLA with a 10 foot pole since the social pathology that fuels the murders is not as neatly packaged nor confrontable as are a bunch of rednecks in the rural south who we all know are racists anyway(or at least that is what CNN implies, with their slick lynching tree logo running during promos for Jena coverage).
I hope the outcome in Jena is fair for all involved, and I am really looking forward to the 'activists' going back to their penthouses until the next profitable outrage occurs. :angry:
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I hope it turns out fair for all involved too. I've never lived in LA but as a Mississippian I know how everybody thinks our commodes are in the yard and we don't wear shoes until frost and hate all Blacks,Indians,and Latinos .Oh, and that we still have miles and miles of cotton.picked by hand .Well, sorry but that is not true.
I personally don't look at a persons skin color.Actions and attitudes are what I look at. I taught in a 98% Black school for a number of years and overall it was a very good experience. And yes it was by choice.
I think the Rev.Jxn and Rev. Al make things worse for everybody. But thats what their job is. . I've never seen them do any thing else.
Believe me I know there are some real red necks around, but rednecks are all over not just in the "deep south". I really don't like it when people assume things about others based on where they live. In fact the people I know in N LA are hard working,honest people.They aren't racist or backward.
I heard someone say the other day that Washington State is "heathern country". I let them have it. YOu can't just sterotype regions of the country like that.
I hope I didn't come on too strong. But its just wrong to say N.La is so backward and a terrible hailhole.
It's really funny when I used to go teacher conferences around the south.
MS teachers though our schools were better than AR,Al though they were better than MS, GA though they were better than Al. S Car. though they had an edge on GA and on and on. When we all had the same darn problems..I expect if I'd gone to NY or Minn. the schools and people would have been about the same.
Every part of this nation has its good and bad.It's just wrong to sterotype people.
I personally don't look at a persons skin color.Actions and attitudes are what I look at. I taught in a 98% Black school for a number of years and overall it was a very good experience. And yes it was by choice.
I think the Rev.Jxn and Rev. Al make things worse for everybody. But thats what their job is. . I've never seen them do any thing else.
Believe me I know there are some real red necks around, but rednecks are all over not just in the "deep south". I really don't like it when people assume things about others based on where they live. In fact the people I know in N LA are hard working,honest people.They aren't racist or backward.
I heard someone say the other day that Washington State is "heathern country". I let them have it. YOu can't just sterotype regions of the country like that.
I hope I didn't come on too strong. But its just wrong to say N.La is so backward and a terrible hailhole.
It's really funny when I used to go teacher conferences around the south.
MS teachers though our schools were better than AR,Al though they were better than MS, GA though they were better than Al. S Car. though they had an edge on GA and on and on. When we all had the same darn problems..I expect if I'd gone to NY or Minn. the schools and people would have been about the same.
Every part of this nation has its good and bad.It's just wrong to sterotype people.
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I was taught by my mother and aunt and grandmother to never tell my business, never discuss religion, or politics. But they totally didn't live to see message boards! 
Here is what I learned growing up. If you are going to make fun of people, or taunt them, you better be ready to get your butt kicked hard, because that is how people deal with such things. Were the nooses hanging from the "White Tree" a threat? I think they were a symbolic jesture of hatred. Had a noose been on a particular car or on a particular persons locker, then it would be a threat. Symbolic or not, it is like a dog marking his tree, and he has to expect that there are bigger dogs in the neighborhood who are going to come by and pee higher on the tree. I don't know how severely the white guy was beaten, but I think all of the people involved in hanging the nooses deserved a good street beating.
It is unbelievable that in this day and age, some parents are raising their children to think they are better than others because their skin is white. Sadly, the "ignorance cycle" is alive and well, and it will produce nothing but a bunch of backwards young adults. Such mentality only produces losers.
My children have never heard the "N" word in this house, and it would never occur to them that other than outward physical appearances, they are different from other kids. I am glad that Will understands that "bigot" actually means "ignorant coward".
I want "Jena 6" t-shirt. Maybe Punz can do a little shopping research for us.
Oh yeah- the white guy that was beaten? He went to a school function that night. Took a licking and kept on ticking, so I don't see that he got his butt kicked hard enough.
My children have never heard the "N" word in this house, and it would never occur to them that other than outward physical appearances, they are different from other kids. I am glad that Will understands that "bigot" actually means "ignorant coward".
I want "Jena 6" t-shirt. Maybe Punz can do a little shopping research for us.
Oh yeah- the white guy that was beaten? He went to a school function that night. Took a licking and kept on ticking, so I don't see that he got his butt kicked hard enough.
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jdarg, we live in a school district where the African-American/Caucasian ratio is very close to 50/50. It's unusual in that our part of the city has some of the most expensive homes in the area but is bordered by one of the most economically depressed cities. A house one street over from me sold recently, and one of the first things the new residents did after moving in was hang Confederate flags in their front windows. The first day I drove by the house, I literally stopped the car in disbelief. My oldest son's best friend lives within sight of that house, and he is African-American. I am absolutely sickened that this boy has to literally see this every day. I never cease to be amazed by how alive and well bigotry is.
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