Jena 6

I personally did not attend the 'Jena 6' rally on Howard's campus, but am familiar with the story surrounding the case. Six black teens have been charged with attempted second-degree murder, with one of them getting a lesser charge of aggravated second-degree battery. They assaulted a white student, who had, along with other white students, been harassing these black teens through racial incidences. The white students had only been given in-school suspension for them hanging nooses on a tree, while the black students who assaulted the white boy, are awaiting trial.
This case goes to show that America is still filled with racism and is still unfair to minorities, especially blacks when it comes to our legal system. It really upsets me. Americans say that racism is nonexistent and that it is a thing of the past. How can anyone say this and truly believe it when blacks are given unfair legal treatment, and when whites are put on a higher pedestal than any other race? This case really disturbs me, because I have an older brother, and in high school he had been harassed by white students. They used racial slurs, disturbing racist pictures and more. My brother had reacted to this harassment that the white students were directing towards him. My brother could have easily been in the same situation as these boys, and charged with attempted murder. So for me I am very disturbed by the way this case is going.