JENA 6

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

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2. The school's response is piss poor and that's where the litigation should be directed. First of all, a noose is not a prank and to rule it as such shows extreme ignorance and short sightedness on the part of the administration. Then to rule it as a prank and dismiss it without holding an assembly, a workshop, or some type of discussion with the students about the incident is stupid. Kids needed to know that it was an unacceptable course of action, that will be punished, and that anyone who retaliates will be punished. Students also needed to be talked to about racial antagonism and what it stems from so that it could be calmed on both sides. ADULTS don't know what to do about racism so why would idiots assume KIDS would do any better? The tree itself isn't the issue. What the tree REPRESENTS is the issue. It represented a group's property and the racial antagonism came when another group threatened to take over. That's how racism works in the real world, regardless of whether we're on a high school campus or in the workplace.

Agreed that more should have been done.

Also, if this wasn't treated as a hate crime (federal statutes states that due to circumstances it isn't) it's still grounds for the charge of aggravated harrassment.

All parties should have sat down and discussed this....what makes it worse is that some of the students TRIED to resolve this peacefully and were denied by the school board. What does that teach them about resolving differences?