Remembering The Jena Six And Those Before Them...

In solidarity with my fellow bloggers enraged by the injustice of the Jena Six, (among other racial tragedies) there will only be one post today.

As I am visiting the foothold of slavery and the birthplace of American capitalism, North Carolina (not Philadelphia as they optimistically tell you in the schoolbooks) that was built on our community's shoulders, it is even more apropos.

Following is a post from the blogger that collected us together, Yobachi of Black Perspective. Please feel free to visit the other concerned bloggers today in your daily surf. If you'd like the media link click here:

Bloggers, please add this press release link to your post to increase visibility on search engines: www.pr.com/press-release/50358

The Jena 6 issue, like Katrina, highlights how some people receive deference in treatment over others. “The Jim Crow style racism and government negligence, reflected in the Jena 6 case, are both quite worrisome. Unfortunately, the case is another incident that points to the entrenched racial and socio-economic disparities in the South, which this country has yet to fully confront,” says political scientist Dr. Sekou Franklin of Middle Tennessee State University.

As the Congressional Black Caucus has noted “we must speak out against injustice and inequality. This tale of two standards depicts a pattern of gross violations”.

The Afrosphere Jena 6 Coalition “ask that the mainstream traditional media step forward and discharge their duty to provide coverage of this vitally important event to their viewers and readers and act as “the fourth institution” of governmental “checks and balance” that constitutional framers intended the press to be.”

List of Bloggers for Justice

1. Wayne Hicks electronicvillage.blogspot.com/ Cincinnati, OH

2. D. Yobachi Boswell http://www.blackperspective.net/ Nashville, TN

3. Daz Wilson purplezoe.blogspot.com/

4. Francis Holland afrospear.jconserv.net/

5. Jim D. Walton www.blackinbusiness.org/

6. Cooper wonderlandornot.net

7. Yolonda ebonymommy.com/blog/

8. Vanessa Byers vanessabyers.net/ Miami, FL

9. Sincere sincere-thoughts.blogspot.com

10. Pia courtingdestiny.com

11. Adrianne George blackwomenineurope.blogspot.com/ Sweden