Severing the lifeline connecting me to society

If you haven't heard of the Jena Six...

...you really need to.

After years of old-school racism seething barely under the surface at Jena High School in Louisiana, one black student faces a 22-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder merely for beating up a white student while all of the white students involved in a prior series of attacks on black students got off scot-free.

Read the details here.

Check out a quick video here.

And sign the petition here.

Posted by: bluelight at 22:58 | link | comments