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[stevemcgarrett]

Once again the two reverends without churches, Jesse and Al, have found a cause to stay relevant, to remain in the public spotlight. This time around it's the racist antics of a few ignorant kids at a high school in a little backwater town in Louisiana.

Say it ain't so, Brother Jackson. What? Racism still rears its ugly head from time to time in the deep American South? Dang.

In the midst of the carnivalesque gathering in Jena--which had none of the ominous overtones of the '60s marches when the police were ready to pounce on the protestors--we find thousands paying homage to the site where an oak tree once stood. Illusions of the glory days of the civil rights movement dance in their heads.

Never mind the injustices no one at the rallies spoke about:

-Jackson, showing yet again his petty jealousy toward Obama, labeling him a sell-out simply because he didn't put in an appearance. Jackson, the anti-Semite, can say what he pleases and enough blacks will still come to hear him preach.

-Then there is the decades-old injustice of affirmative action in college admissions, scholarships, and faculty hiring, which was obviously lost on one of the youth organizers, who herself is probably a beneficiary of the system. "It's not just about Jena, but about inequalities and disparities around the country," said Stephanie Brown, 26, national youth director for the NAACP. I agree, Stephanie, let's rid the black community of the scourge of affirmative action once and for all. Fairness in sentencing and college admissions alike, I say!

-How many rallies have their been to bemoan the ongoing injustice of black on black crime, illegitimacy in black families, and the continued entrenchment of gangster culture? Where are the black college student leaders speaking out on these far more insidious issues?

Martin Luther King III, son of the slain civil rights leader, said "punishment of some sort may be in order for the six defendants." Gee, ya think maybe, since they assaulted a fellow student?

-And where were Al and Jesse to decry the lack of good parenting, as is evident from the family of Mychal Bell, the 16-year old accused of the instigating the assault, who has a long criminal record. You'd think this so-called leader of the Jena 6 was a saint or something to listen to how his plight has been described.

"At times the town resembled a giant festival, with people setting up tables of food and drink and some dancing while a man beat on a drum."

The cult of victimhood isn't just a cause; it's a celebration--a way of life for too many black Americans.

Sharpton admonished the crowd to remain peaceful, and there were no reports of trouble. State police could be seen chatting amicably with demonstrators at the courthouse. Say Al, if these are supposedly peaceful protests, why would it even be necessary to admonish the crowd to refrain from violence? Hmmm....

-And let's not forget the injustice of labeling all the residents of the town racist, as if through sheer guilty of geographic proximity to the few white students who hung the nooses from the oak tree. Next time there's a murder in D.C., Detroit, or Harlem, let's malign the entire community. That would be justified, right?

In Jena, many white residents expressed anger at the way news organizations portrayed their town of 3,000 people.

"I believe in people standing up for what's right," said resident Ricky Coleman, 46, who is white. "What bothers me is this town being labeled racist. I'm not racist." Another white resident, Bill Williamson, 59, said he tried to convince visitors that the town was being treated unfairly and that Bell belonged in jail. "I think we changed one man's mind," he said. "But most of these people don't want to hear."

That's right, Bill, they have it all figured out even though they live hundreds and thousands of miles away. They're only interested in injustices against the black community that come from outside it.

And that narrow-minded view is perhaps the biggest overlooked injustice of all.

[Mosley]

"Affirmative action": What a great euphemism for legally entrenched race/gender discrimination. I'm surprised Goebbels didn't come up with that one when the Nuremburg Laws were being drafted.

Canadians go even one further than the Americans. We actually have affirmative action entrenched in the CONSTITUTION via the Charter of "Rights" and "Freedoms".

[endo]

Notice that your thread title is once again in caps.

Jack-azz!

Attention *beep*!

[hubba bubba]

Your writing style annoys me. Stop trying so hard.

Your avatar is creepy.

Stop using all caps.




Didn't make it as journalist/political commentator? That's what blogs are for.

[Mosley]

Cripes! I thought it was the start of Chuseok, not "Be a big baby!" week.

Don't like Steve's social/political POV? So go after him for using caps?!

I thought it was a well-written OP.

News flash: Either address the topic or STFA from the thread.

[Alyallen]

I actually mostly agree with what Steve said.

Let's see if he actually believes me or calls me a mouthpiece for loud mouth blacks again

[stevemcgarrett]

endo wrote:

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[Ya-ta Boy]

[stevemcgarrett]

YataBoy:

How did I avoid the central issue? Can't wait to hear this one.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[stevemcgarrett]

Ya-ta Boy wrote:

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[sundubuman]

Looks like the Left is enjoying their rehash of the Sixties. War protests in DC and "civil rights" protests in the Deep South.

How pathetic both spectacles are.

To think that the role of Rosa Parks (which I agree all Americans honor) is now being played by a teenage thug who, with five pals, trashed someone else because of his lack of melanin.

Sad.

[sundubuman]

Looks like the Left is enjoying their rehash of the Sixties. War protests in DC and "civil rights" protests in the Deep South.

How pathetic both spectacles are.

To think that the role of Rosa Parks (which I think all Americans honor) is now being played by a teenage thug who, with five pals, trashed someone else because of his lack of melanin.

Sad.