This will only take a minute, but it won’t be painless. Today at the street fair I bought a “Save the Jena 6” shirt by the southern California organization Eracism . Everybody has been asking me what it means, and I’m a bit upset about this. Not just a bit. It is totally appalling that in this country every single person (even someone like me who doesn’t watch television) always knows about the latest escapade of Britney Spears, but somehow the worst case of racially motivated injustice that I’ve heard of in decades doesn’t show up on the national news radar. This in itself is a gross injustice. The situation in the small town of Jena, Louisiana, has been brewing for nearly a year now--and I just found out all the incriminating details a little over a week ago. Please take the time to learn what’s going on!
Read a detailed synopsis here (please read the whole thing! There are numerous facts and citations nearer the bottom of the page)
Recent articles about the latest news, especially concerning Mychal Bell, here.
Then DO something about it. You can sign a petition here. Other things you can do are write an editorial and submit it to your local newspaper, or you can write to Louisiana legislators and tell them you demand real justice (details of how to do this are in the Snopes article). You can write about this in YOUR blog. Don’t say, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Tomorrow is always too late. Please do it now, while you’re thinking about it.
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