Two thousand years ago a murderer named Barabbas was sentenced to death by means of crucifixion. It was during the Jewish holiday, Passover, that one prisoner was released by the choosing of the people. The Roman governor Pontius Pilate gave the crowd two men to be chosen for the special release. Barabbas was one, the other was Jesus. The crowd chanted, “Barabbas! Give us Barabbas!” Pilate was shocked to hear that they would choose a murderer over a man who he had found no fault with. But rather deal with the crowd, Pilate freed Barabbas and turned Jesus over to the people to be crucified.
Yesterday, hundreds of protesters joined together in support for six African- American men who have been charged with beating a white peer. However the story goes back to almost a year ago at Jena High School where hangman’s nooses were placed on a tree that was mostly used by Caucasian students. The three white student perpetrators received in-school suspension.
In December 2006 a school fight broke out involving six black students beating white student. According to reports, the young man beaten had been bragging about how one of his attackers had been beaten by a white man the weeks before. The six claim there had been a weeks worth of intimidation led by white students. The six black students were arrested and charged with attempting second-degree murder.
The six young men have been dubbed the “Jena Six” and are currently still being held for the charges against them. So because of the recent news about the six, hundreds of African-Americans protested the young men being held. Protested? A man nearly died and you run out to support the one who gave the beating. Now I’m not defending the white students whose actions are inexcusable, I’m just guessing that since one man came close to death is the reason why six young men are being held.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
So in a situation like this what can you expect to get? Yep, someone goes and pulls out their race card. That’s starting to get really old. People out there are saying this is an attack on black people. Stop looking at it that way! I see it as six men beating another man to death. It shouldn’t matter if their red and yellow, black or white. Sure the guy who beat up one of the six should’ve been punished- I don’t know that he wasn’t or why there hasn’t been any report of his actions- but I’m going to say I find that man’s action equally as offensive as that of the six. It's issues or incidents like this that unfortunately keep people like Al Sharpton in business.
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
The events of 9/11 led to mass racial profiling for people from the Middle East. The Virginia Tech assassin led to few eyes turning on people of Oriental heritage. Hitler murdered Jews. When is this world going to wake up and get through a day without one person accusing another of being racial? If you know your history you know that we all go back to Adam and Eve- though you may not be a believer of Christianity. My point is that we are all one, and if we have to judge someone is needs to be on character or actions, not by skin color. The question is, will we ever make the following hopes come true, or are they only a dream?
So in a situation like this what can you expect to get? Yep, someone goes and pulls out their race card. That’s starting to get really old. People out there are saying this is an attack on black people. Stop looking at it that way! I see it as six men beating another man to death. It shouldn’t matter if their red and yellow, black or white. Sure the guy who beat up one of the six should’ve been punished- I don’t know that he wasn’t or why there hasn’t been any report of his actions- but I’m going to say I find that man’s action equally as offensive as that of the six. It's issues or incidents like this that unfortunately keep people like Al Sharpton in business.
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
The events of 9/11 led to mass racial profiling for people from the Middle East. The Virginia Tech assassin led to few eyes turning on people of Oriental heritage. Hitler murdered Jews. When is this world going to wake up and get through a day without one person accusing another of being racial? If you know your history you know that we all go back to Adam and Eve- though you may not be a believer of Christianity. My point is that we are all one, and if we have to judge someone is needs to be on character or actions, not by skin color. The question is, will we ever make the following hopes come true, or are they only a dream?
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
* Quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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