Quote From: dykinitup2420I personally am an african american/caucasian lesbian female, who grew up in the south, therefore receiving a fair amount of bigotry. I'm 24 years of age now. All the nonsense that Al Sharpton was spewing about how if the reverse were true (if it was a 6 on 1/white on black assault), then it would be a non-issue..........is absolutely ridiculous. Walking through the halls of my middle school and especially high school...........never did I see an african american kid afraid to walk down the halls because of racism. Never did I see an African American kid be assaulted by whites. However, I did see the opposite quite frequently. White boys scared to go to school, being called queer, cracker, being assaulted and bullied. Nothing was ever done about that. There were no white protests going on. That's because it's not acceptable, to complain if you are white. It has become commonplace and acceptable for whites to be the butt of jokes in rap music and currently in our young society. Two years ago, I was at a pool hall with a white male friend. He accidentally stepped on the shoe of an african american guy who was part of a big group of guys. He immediately apologized, but the guys proceeded to chase us out to our car, beating him to a pulp........the whole time, yelling racial slurs at him. Why wasn't this considered a HATE CRIME? Why do situations like this, that I've seen occur all to often, somehow never make the news and are never used in conjunction with the words hate crime, the same way they are when they happen to be white on black. A few months ago, a white couple was kidnapped by a group of african americans, tortured, raped and chopped into pieces and disposed of..........though I had to read about it on some obscure web-site, because it never made the news. Yet at the same time, this horrible crime took place, every news reporter in the country (maybe the world) was still yapping about about the Don Imus thing. It blows my mind. Why are these crimes never a big enough deal to even make the evening news, yet the Jena 6 have been plastered all over my tv for months. It's an unfair double standard. And for Al Sharpton or anyone else to say that if it was a 6 on 1 white on black assault, then nothing would have been done.........is complete and total $%&. I've seen enough black on white assaults, along with white kids being scared to go to school........to know that usually NOTHING is done about it. Part of the reason these are never reported on the news, or are never really handled in real life..........is definitely in part, due to the fear of being labelled as racists for stepping forward. That word is like the plague these days (once you've been associated with it RIGHT or WRONG, your life is over), and is thrown around like it's a bodily function. Nobody wants to get caught in the crossfire, so they keep their mouths shut.
My point in saying this, is to get across that we always seem to be discussing white on black racism in this country. NOT many people however, will even have the balls to agree that the reverse does exist.........better yet stand up and do anything to stop it. It's hypocritical to only ever portray one side, and that's what the media does.
As I said, I'm an African American and Caucasian homosexual female with friends of all nationalities and sexual orientations. I have been called the "N" word by a few ignorant whites along with various derogatory terms for my sexual orientation. Friends of mine have been called racist names by whites. However, I've always gotten a lot more racism from my African American brothers and sisters, never being "black" enough apparently. I also got an extreme amount of homophobia along with several 3 on 1 beatings, by fellow blacks, for being gay.
It goes both ways, yet never gets talked about because people are afraid of being deemed the "R" word.
As far as the Jena 6. When you are behaving badly and get caught, it doesn't matter how many OTHER people are behaving badly, or behaved badly previously.........YOU ARE STILL BEHAVING BADLY!!! People don't seem to get that. There is no excuse for such behavior no matter how ingeniously you try to rationalize it. Even if the victim was making racial slurs earlier that day, people somehow think that makes it justified. If every time I was called the "N" word, or a d$ke, or an "uncle tom" or an "oreo", and proceeded to find 5 of my closest friends to go stomp the persons head into the ground, I would have probably been in and out of court/jail dozens of times, having nothing to do with my race. You just can't behave that way. I don't see why that's so hard to comprehend.
Remember the Duke lacrosse "rape" case. That woman fabricated the entire event, making these boys look like evil racist rapists. They were crucified in the court system, and in the media before the ink dried on the accuser's statement. Al Sharpton wanted their blood, along with the majority of the country. Nobody came to their aid. When it came out that the woman was a liar, they received no apology that I'm aware of, from Al Sharpton. This woman essentially almost ruined their lives, making up fake charges that they were both racist and rapists. Where was the rally and protests held on behalf of those boys who were COMPLETELY INNOCENT? What if they then decided that based on the racial lies that were told about them, and the false claims of rape, that they were going to retaliate and give the accuser a beating, stomping her face just because they were treated unfairly. Would there be a nationwide surge to support them and ask for leniancy? Somehow, I think not.
Hypocrisy at it's best.
What a great message! I could not have said it better myself...
Friday's debate over the Jena 6 grew so heated, the Dr. Phil show needed to keep the cameras rolling! Now, see the show that happened after the show, when Dr. Phil returns to the stage and speaks with audience members on both sides of the issue. White supremacist Richard Barrett is the first to demand the spotlight, and you won't want to miss Dr. Phil's laser-sharp response. Then Dr. Phil has some hard questions for the attorney of Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6 who spent 10 months in prison. What does she say to accusations that money donated for her client's defense was being spent inappropriately by the families? And, the conversation grows heated over speculation about how hurt Justin Barker really was after the attack. Was he as injured as he and his parents claimed? Find out which guest storms out of the studio, and why. Plus, Dr. Phil sends Bishop T.D. Jakes to Jena for exclusive interviews with members of the Jena 6 and their families. Share your thoughts, join the discussion.
