Memo to Jena: Nooses Are More Than a Prank
by Elliott Petty, Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 02:20:15 PM EDT
An interesting discussion considering the news today that two people have been arrested for displaying nooses off the back of their truck as they passed by protesters yesterday.
And more blog coverage of Jena 6 worth checking out:
And more blog coverage of Jena 6 worth checking out:
- Jack And Jill Politics have tirelessly covered the Jena 6 story.- Todd
- Join Color of Change's Support The Jena 6 campaign
- Matt Stoller has an interesting post over at Open Left about the influence of blogs in moving this story
- Elliott Petty has two other posts up at Courage Campaign about the Jena 6 that are well-worth reading.
- MissLaura writes at dailyKos about the inequality of justice that is at the heart of this story, inequality that is not unique to Jena, LA.
- And of course check out the posts by Pravin and rikyrah in the diaries as well.
Who gave Jena residents talking points? I couldn't make the voyage to Jena as I wanted to so I had to watch the march and rally on CNN, which gave plenty of airtime to white Jena residents. One after the other, and then another, they consistently thought the nooses were just a prank and felt we all had the wrong impression of the people of Jena.
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