no discussion yet? ill start it up.

its an unfortunate incident down their, perhaps indicative that jim crow is still alive in some parts of the country.

but in the big picture, its irrelevent. jim crowe might not be dead, but he is living a life of easy retirement in most parts of the country. whites dont need lynch mobs anymore, blacks took that role long ago.

did you know 49% of murders in america are committed by black men, who represent ~6.5% of the population? and a vast majority of those murders are committed on members of their same race (something like 80-90%).

hell, the city of detroit's adult illiteracy rate is 47% (!!!!). how is that possible in a 1st world country? think about what that means, what these illiterate adults are doing all day, the chances that these people are giving their children any chance of succeeding in the world. how bad their lives are and how much worse it can actually get for detroit. what the effects of consentrated extreme poverty can be for the city of detroit, the surrounding metropolitan area, and even the state of michigan. right now, to me, it looks like detroit is absolutely fucked barring a massive humanitarian intervention that is far beyond the ability of our state. and barring this aid, detroit may very well be a heavy enough weight to bring down the entire state.

jena 6 is a red herring. its an anomally that diverts attention from where it really should be. jena 6 is not the problem that most black people face. but as long as THAT is the problem, and as long as we make sure as hell that the rutgers womans basketball team knows that they are victims, the real problems will go largely ignored.