tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post8867105888086163890..comments2023-04-24T09:38:11.881-05:00Comments on Why am I still here?: Pick Your ScenarioTiny Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-57674227625836547882007-09-23T18:16:00.000-05:002007-09-23T18:16:00.000-05:00E,It's precisely because of attitudes like those t...E,<BR/>It's precisely because of attitudes like those that I do think racism could have played a part in the sentencing. I also think most of the uproar has been over the unfair sentencing, as you said. <BR/>M,<BR/>What sucks is that the guy who was beaten wasn't even one of the students who hung the nooses, that I know of.Tiny Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-4984021612056165362007-09-22T15:48:00.000-05:002007-09-22T15:48:00.000-05:00I have to agree. It was wrong for the school to n...I have to agree. It was wrong for the school to not punish the noose hanging students; that doesn't mean that it was ok for the Jeana 6 to beat them. It's a terrible situation, and I'm not sure what the solution is.<BR/><BR/>It does sound like the town has a very bad race relations problem.Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-91659253698134960152007-09-21T16:56:00.000-05:002007-09-21T16:56:00.000-05:00I've been following the Jena 6 case since before ...I've been following the Jena 6 case since before the first kid's trial was done. I'm disappointed to say I wasn't surprised at the ridiculous sentencing. <BR/><BR/>The problem, IMHO, isn't that anybody REALLY doubts that the Black students don't deserve punishment, but that there is NO WAY IN HELL that any of them can get a fair trial within 180 miles, at least. There is a stack of evidence, paper and 1st-hand-witnesses, that show a systematic pattern of discrimination that's so woven into the fabric of society there that what little that is reported is grounds enough for a mistrial and change of venue, much less what isn't reported. <BR/><BR/>My best friend just moved to Monroe, not far away, to start teaching at ULM. Direct quote: "Blacks know to stay south of I-20, period. Oh sure, they <I>work</I> in North and West Monroe, but for them to be here, especially at night, is all the cops need to follow them until they see them back south of the interstate."<BR/><BR/>Obviously, a group beating deserves punishment, but one that fits the crime. No community in north-central Louisiana is in a position to impartially determine what "fair" is for these boys, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-86594481850791140052007-09-21T06:58:00.000-05:002007-09-21T06:58:00.000-05:00Thanks for delurking then, and I appreciate your v...Thanks for delurking then, and I appreciate your views on this matter.Tiny Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-27120251201052155482007-09-20T22:51:00.000-05:002007-09-20T22:51:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree with you more. I'm a black studen...I couldn't agree with you more. I'm a black student, at a historically black university mind you, and the rallying behind this has been a bit boggling to me. It's a shit situation, no doubt, but it's sort of difficult for me to share some of the views of my classmates here. <BR/><BR/>I was expressing to one of my roommates this morning that I didn't think it was fair the white students hadn't been properly punished, but I didn't think the black students should be removed of any guilt either. You would have thought I said they should be immediately executed. Not to mention the fact I decided to wear a yellow shirt on the "wear black in support" day. <BR/><BR/>Aside from all of that, I just wanted to say I've been sort of lurking around your blog for quite awhile now. I'm a premed interested in psych, so ever since you decided to become a psychiatrist your blog has seemed even more interesting/relevant to me. <BR/><BR/>N.H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-91891296690206542822007-09-20T19:02:00.000-05:002007-09-20T19:02:00.000-05:00Couldn't have said it better myself.Couldn't have said it better myself.Phalanxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929680553677845662noreply@blogger.com