In a recent article by Jason Miles, he goes over the recent accusations of 5 junior varsity football players for Wynne Arkansas, that supposedly put a noose around a African American players neck before practice last week.
The 14 year old African American claimed that white males put a noose around his neck in the locker room and drug him around. Miles interviews parents of students at Wynne High School, and one woman says, "we love Wynne, it's a good school system, and sometimes we just mess up." Since this incident on September 24th, only 2 white males have been suspended, 5 more are still pending. Miles goes on to say, "black and white parents are equally outraged", but what if the situation had been the other way around? If a white student had gotten a noose put around his neck, and African Americans drug him around the locker room, this situation would be handled differently. The police would be more involved, and people probably would of been arrested.
This all reminds me of when i went to Midland High School, in 9th grade. Towards the end of the year, a school board member published his thoughts of "being gay" on Facebook. Our school made National News. We were on CNN for something bad, people were scared to go to school, for the fear of someone coming to school and shooting, or bomb threats. Needless to say the board member stepped down from his position, and that resolved almost everything. These situations are real and scary, and I would not wish this perdicament on anyone.
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