How Black is Black: The Rainbow on My Body

I have always been fairly color blind; but in the wake of instances like 911 and Jena6, I have found myself considering the different colors and races of people both in America and throughout the rest of the world.

For those of you who are not familiar with Jena6:

In the town of Jena La.- Reed Walters, the District Attorney took it upon himself to twist and distort the justice system to his own ends.

Jena La. is an extremely small town that is accused of regularly terrorizing its black citizens. 3 white students made a terroristic threat to some black students by hanging three nooses from a "Whites Only," tree on school property. The school principal wanted to expell NH3 {Noose Hangers 3} for the rest of the school year. The Lassalle Parrish School Board laughed about the incident and gave the 3 students a three days in school suspension. No charges were ever filed for "Inciting Violence."

One white student actually pulled a gun on three black students. The black students wrestled the gun away from him and fled to safety. Later the black students were charged with, "Theft of a firearm." The white student {Who in any court of law should have been easily convicted for "Brandishing a Firearm"} was not even charged.

One black student was brutally beaten by an adult with a beer bottle. The adult was charged only with simple assault and shortly released.

Then a white student was taunting and antagonizing a black student. That's where the story becomes a he said she said mess. Some say that it was Justin Barker who was hurling the racial insults and inciting violence. Other accounts say that Mr. Barker and his girlfriend were eating their lunch quietly in another part of the school. In any event- at some point Mr. Barker was punched from behind and was knocked flat out cold. Someone kicked him. They took him to the hospital but he was released in less than 2 hours because he was not hurt. Later that night he gave a stage presentation in a ring ceremony.