I'm sure that some loyal readers have been perplexed as to why I have yet to engage the dilemma of the Jena 6. Well, there are a number of reasons; for starters, I didn't feel like I could add something to the discussion that hadn't already been said (and perhaps said more eloquently). Furthermore, the subject gets me upset in a way that I am not comfortable dealing with. But I guess I have to reconcile the fact that being Black in America is not a comfortable place to be.
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