Did We Over React? The Jena Six - Revisiting the Story

Hello,

I have to admit that when the Jena 6 story first hit, I was one just as amazed as everyone else about what seemed to be blatant racism. As a matter of fact, I even wrote a blog article about it right here on PresarioSays.com titled, "The Jena Six - Modern Day Open Racism." It was easy to believe due to the fact that I graduated from a high school that (at the time) had only 10% of students who were minorities. Therefore, I have seen my share of racial tension.

However, today I was on Wikipedia researching a totally different subject and noticed that the front page's featured article was on the Jena 6. In reading the article containing all of the well documented facts of the situation, it makes me wonder if the media and organizations who directly benefited from the publicity caused everyone to over react?

There is no doubt that the sentencing and initial views of the case were obviously suspicious, but at the time some of the main facts of the situation were severely distorted and blown out of proportion.

Take a look at the Wikipedia article and judge for yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six

What do you think? I would love to hear your comments.

- Presario