My reaction to the Jena article was, surprised. Even in today's society, people are still getting unfair treatment as Rev. Jesse Jackson says, "That's not prosecution, that's persecution,". People from all over are rallying about this case and how it blown out of proportion and getting all this publicity because the convicted were colored students. A woman made a point saying, "every time the white people did something, they dropped it, and every time the black people did something, they blew it out of proportion." Which is true because if it were the opposite, 4 white students beating up a black student, there wouldn't be this much upset. There was a noose tied to a tree that was meant for white students and a woman wonders why those students weren't severely punished for it.
The Little Rock 9 incident was similar because it also stirred up big publicity news and uproars because these 9 colored students were about to enter a school for whites. People made a big deal about it because the white folks did not want their children to be associated or around these colored students so they caused riots and frenzies trying to prevent them from entering but Pres. Eisenhower, upholding the law, allowed & protected them to entering the school.
