Scott over at Acephalous points us to David Duke’s statement on the Jena Six. It’s been pointed out often that the town of Jena, LA., voted overwhelmingly for Duke when he ran for the Senate and for Governor back in the day, and so Duke apparently felt the need to let us all know how oppressed he and his white supremacist brethren are when folks with sense call them on their bullshit:
Much has been made of the fact that I won an overwhelming majority of votes in Jena Louisiana in my election bids for U.S. Senator and for Governor. Such is said to falsely label the people in Jena as “racists.†In fact, I won the overwhelming majority of the White vote in the entire state of Louisiana, not just in Jena.
Um, Ok. So you’re saying that the entire state of Louisiana is racist? Well, not buying that. Last I checked, my girlfriend wasn’t racist, and Scott is one of the best of the best. So, based on two people (one whom I’ve never even met personally, but whom I have the utmost respect for) that I know from LA., I say you lose.
Since the people of Jena voted for me twice to speak for them as their Senator and as their Governor, I will ardently speak for them now.
Wow, that really sucks for the people of Jena. I might have given them a chance if you weren’t involved.
The people of Jena, the people of Louisiana and I are not racist.
Wrong. I can’t speak for all the people of Jena, or Louisiana, but you, Mr. Duke, are a racist.
We simply want justice to be done.
And by justice, you mean keep those negros in their place, right? Jail them whenever you can because they are hurting the rights of white people everywhere to do whatever the hell they please whenever they please. It’s a constitutional right to be able to pull guns on black folks and to threaten them with hanging. If, heaven forbid, those negroes decide to resist, THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW AND MUST BE SENT UP THE RIVE WITH THE QUICKNESS.
We understand that White people in America have lost our basic civil rights. Whites are now deprived of human rights by racial discrimination in jobs, promotions, scholarships, college admissions and in many other programs. More importantly, Whites are increasingly victims of Black racial violence and hate crimes. In fact, a White person is 40 to 50 times more likely to be a victim of Black gang violence than a Black is likely to be a victim of White gang violence.
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA! You’ve got to be kidding me. “White people in America have lost [their] basic civil rights?” I feel bad about laughing at something so ridiculous and yet still so insiduous. A lot of people seem to think this is true, and I should probably be taking such claims more seriously. But Damn, shit like this is so ridiculous that all I can do is laugh at the stupid asses that believe it.
Michael Bell, the Black hate crime attacker who has now become a hero with hardly a mention in the media of his previous four convictions for violence
Not only is there almost no media coverage of the Black violent hate crimes against Whites, but in high profile cases when Blacks are prosecuted for heinous crimes against innocent Whites, the White victims are ignored and the Black criminals are turned into “real victims†by the media.
Ok, this is where I start to get really pissed off. This entire incident has been well documented. The violent acts by all parties, white and black, have been documented. NO ONE. NO ONE has said that the six Black students should be held to a different level of justice than the White students. What has been said is that the black students are being held to a different level of justice than the white students that have committed equal crimes.
By the way, love that (not so) subtle implication that whites are always innocent and blacks are always violent criminals.
Nothing more clearly illustrates this point than what has occurred over the past year in Jena, Louisiana and the orgy of hatred that Jena has suffered. today, September 20, the town has been invaded by thousands of thugs like Al Sharpton who seek to make violent Black hate criminals such as Michael Bell and the rest of the so-called “Jena Six†into heroes. Even worse the entire White population of the town is facing a media lynching by being labeled racists who are unjustly persecuting Black young men.
If you were in Jena today, you are a thug (no negative connotations at all). If you think that black kids have been unfairly prosecuted, you are contributing to an “orgy of hatred.” Um, I’m still waiting for you, Mr. Duke, to say something about the nooses, about the black kids getting beat up, about the black kids with guns pulled on them. Really, I wan to hear more about this “orgy of hatred.” You should, Mr. Duke, as an authority on the situation, be able to tell me all I need to know about “the rule of law” in this situation.
Michael Bell, who has been convicted of four previous violent crimes, (a fact scarcely revealed by the media), led a group of six Black students to attack and unmercifully beat a White Student at Jena High School in what can only be described as a vicious hate crime. Motivated by racial hatred, the six Blacks attacked one lone White student, Justin Barker. They stomped and kicked him to unconsciousness and continued to kick him and stomp him as he lay helpless. The attack could have easily have taken his life if others had not intervened. Only by the grace of God did he survive.
Again, no. No one has denied that Mychal Bell (dude, spell his name right!) has been in trouble before. No one has denied that a fight took place, with a dude finding himself in the hospital. Funny, though, few people have pointed out that the victim here was taunting the black kids.
Ugh, I’m tired.Read the rest of this bullshit, if you must.














You suffered the same exhaustion I did. There were at least ten more pages of comments on the white supremacist board, but I just couldn’t take it anymore … so instead of finishing the post, I just stopped. Jesus, racism is tiresome.
I’m glad you didn’t link to the white supremacist board. If I’d seen that, I would have surely had a heart attack trying to respond to it.
It’s times like these when the Ivory Tower seems to get a bad rep. Writing about Emerson and Whitman is so much less exhausting and so much more fun.
Tell me about it. When was the last time someone threatened your life because you disagreed with their interpretation of a poem? And if you don’t have a data set for something, you can (generally) go study it without causing massive uproar with your every word.
I’m suspicious of all the people defending against the accusation that “all” the people of Jena are racist. I’ve never heard anyone say that. It makes no sense, first of all. After all, the Jena 6 are, as far as I know, residents of Jena, which would mean that at least 6 residents of Jena are not racist. I imagine they have family, friends, etc…..
As for the opposition to people holding vigils in the town, that’s straight up white supremacist shit. It’s been well-documented that vigils work. A lot of the power of racism comes from bullying people who want to be against it by making them feel like outsiders. What vigils do is create the sense of community, so the anti-racists don’t feel so alone and can’t have the racists shame them into shutting up. It also makes the racists realize they don’t have nearly the social support for their views that they tell themselves they have, as David Duke, for instance, is doing here.
Exactly! What I have seen is folks critiquing institutionalized racism in the Jena justice system. I’ve seen folks critiquing the individuals that are willing to pass a blind eye to institutionalized racism, therefore helping to uphold it, but how that translates into “all the people of Jena are racist” is beyond me. As Pam pointed out at your place, it’s classic “How to Suppress Discussions of Racism”
Hee hee. There’s some good satirical potential in that comment.
When white people do something why is it rasicm? but when 6 blacks beat the hell out of a white person it’s not about race. this brought “never camera shy” racist Al Sharpen in. why don’t white people have someone like sharpen and jesse jackson. who can and will have everything turned into a color issue. but then again it’d be a white guy nothing can be racial when it happens to a white
Sounding Racist –
Thanks for proving my point. You get an A+ in “Suppressing Discussions of Racism.”
“only by the grace of god did he survive”
then its really a f*n miracle that he was able to get up from the brink of death and go to a party >:o