Comments on: In the wake of Jena http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/ A look into the ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in Rockland County. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:18:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roundabout http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Roundabout Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:21:47 +0000 http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/#comment-28 The article under click here has the following: "The six students were accused last year in the beating of a white student in an incident that was the culmination of months of racial unrest at Jena High School in north Louisiana. The victim was knocked unconscious, treated in a hospital emergency room and released the same day. Five of the six teens were hit with attempted-murder charges, but critics of the prosecution say those charges were excessive. While some call the incident a schoolyard fight, others call it a brutal attack." Those paragraphs seems to tell us what the kids did. The article under click here has the following:

“The six students were accused last year in the beating of a white student in an incident that was the culmination of months of racial unrest at Jena High School in north Louisiana. The victim was knocked unconscious, treated in a hospital emergency room and released the same day. Five of the six teens were hit with attempted-murder charges, but critics of the prosecution say those charges were excessive. While some call the incident a schoolyard fight, others call it a brutal attack.”

Those paragraphs seems to tell us what the kids did.

]]> By: X BULLDOG http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/comment-page-1/#comment-26 X BULLDOG Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:43:53 +0000 http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/#comment-26 I know what it says at the end of the article i did read it. My point was the reporter only wrote about the wrongful white end of it in HER article and not the wrongful black end of it. This leads me to believe that the writer must be a racist and should not be writing a diversity column. I know what it says at the end of the article i did read it.
My point was the reporter only wrote about the wrongful
white end of it in HER article and not the wrongful black
end of it. This leads me to believe that the writer must
be a racist and should not be writing a diversity column.

]]> By: Roundabout http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Roundabout Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:25:14 +0000 http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/#comment-25 The item clearly states at the end of the item, if one reads carefully: "For those who aren’t clear on the background of the case, read about it here." We shouldn't assume before we read. The item clearly states at the end of the item, if one reads carefully: “For those who aren’t clear on the background of the case, read about it here.”
We shouldn’t assume before we read.

]]> By: X BULLDOG http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/comment-page-1/#comment-24 X BULLDOG Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:18:08 +0000 http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/#comment-24 Hanging rope from a tree is not against the law (I don't agree with it)but beating the crap out of someone is against the law. Leave it to the Journal News and a female black reporter to give a one sided view of the whole thing. Nothing was stated in Suzan's article about the beating of the white kid just white power people. Go figure. Hanging rope from a tree is not against the law (I don’t agree with it)but beating the crap out of someone is against the law. Leave it to the Journal News and a female
black reporter to give a one sided view of the whole thing.
Nothing was stated in Suzan’s article about the beating of
the white kid just white power people. Go figure.

]]> By: David V. http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/comment-page-1/#comment-23 David V. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:26:32 +0000 http://diversity.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/25/in-the-wake-of-jena/#comment-23 I have long believed that there is a different standard of justice for the rich (usually white) and for the poor (often non-white). However, I tend to think that the rich who commit crimes aren't treated harshly enough, not that the poor are treated too harshly. All in all, our justice system doesn't punish those who harm others harshly enough, in my opinion. I don't know enough about this case to judge whether the Jena 6 were treated too harshly. I do, however, find it hard to swallow the argument that beating a person to unconsciousness shouldn't result in some punishment. Certainly there was provocation, but that wouldn't be accepted as justification if the racial element were removed. I also question the strategy of organizations like the NAACP associating themselves with what must still be recognized to be criminal activity. Even if these groups get their way with the Jena 6, in a larger sense, it probably prove to be a very pyrrhic victory. I have long believed that there is a different standard of justice for the rich (usually white) and for the poor (often non-white).

However, I tend to think that the rich who commit crimes aren’t treated harshly enough, not that the poor are treated too harshly. All in all, our justice system doesn’t punish those who harm others harshly enough, in my opinion.

I don’t know enough about this case to judge whether the Jena 6 were treated too harshly. I do, however, find it hard to swallow the argument that beating a person to unconsciousness shouldn’t result in some punishment. Certainly there was provocation, but that wouldn’t be accepted as justification if the racial element were removed.

I also question the strategy of organizations like the NAACP associating themselves with what must still be recognized to be criminal activity. Even if these groups get their way with the Jena 6, in a larger sense, it probably prove to be a very pyrrhic victory.

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