On the occasional weekday I pick up a Wilmington News Journal. On the other occasion of a weekday, I'll grab a USA Today. I do this for a few reasons. One, I look way cool sitting at Dunkin' Donuts with a newspaper instead of nothing. And two, I like to sometimes catch up on the world and explore humanity at its best and most recently innovative state. But, was I shocked today when the two news media outlets I chose to skim (ESPN.com, and Larry King Live), had nothing but stories of old, of race riots and divides! Didn't we, a long time ago, decide all men were created equal? Was it this country or another that has over the past century deemed everyone, leprechauns, aliens, women, men, gays, straights, blacks, whites, purples, and greens the right to vote? Pretty sure it was. It was shocking for me to learn of the Jena 6 via the news feed from Larry King's desk, and even scarier to see the exact same thing happening here, in our small wonder, our home of tax free shopping.
I encourage any and all to check out these two articles as they relate. My stance on them should be clear by now. I just needed my own media outlet to state it!
University Versus State; Delaware's Racial Divide
The Jena Six
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Nat-
I thought the same thing when I first heard about the Jena 6--I thought it must be the 50th anniversary of this or something, because this can't possibly be happening here... Unfortunately you're right!
~*K*~
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