The Jena 6
I realized the other day that I haven't blogged about the Jena 6. I just kind of have felt that it was pretty obvious what needed to be said, and others were saying it better than me. But now I feel like my silence might be interpreted as not having an opinion, or not caring.
(Well, OK, no one who knows me would think that I don't have an opinion.)
In any case, there have been many commentators recently, including allegedly one on NPR that I haven't been able to verify yet, that have said things like, "It's just a noose."
A noose is a symbol of lynching. A symbol used in a ritual of murder, torture, and the enforcement of the idea of white supremacy. For some graphic pictures that help make this point, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching
It isn't just a noose.
http://www.freethejena6.org/