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[TestOfTide]

I do see education as a tool, etc, but in this specific instance, I believe that they knew 100% what they were doing. You can't lynch someone by accident.

For me, I'm disparaged by this current circumstance, more so than angry. A child being forced into a simulated lynching, it's just unconscionable.

And that's why I am 100% for punishing them, including trying them as adults.

But while what they did was absolutely heinous and should lead to severe punishment, I am certain that you and each each know people that said or thing racist things as teenagers that would later positively surprise us by maturing into good people firmly against bigotry and truly sorry what they said and did in their younger years.

 

[Figboy79]

White boys will be boys

and Black boys will be thugs.


This story upsets me, but it doesn't surprise me. One of the "positives" of this current election cycle is that it's been exposing the cancerous racism that has infected this country since it's found days, and has never actually gone away. This type of shit has been happening for a long time, it's just that now, minorities have been given a voice to come forward with these stories. There will always be people that want to chime in with, "Racism is over, folks! These are just isolated incidents!" But with 40 something percent of the country supporting a blatant racist like Donald Trump, and people being emboldened by him, and speaking out on social media (under their real names, not a cowardly pseudonym), the blind are now being made aware of how rampant racism still is in this country. We may not be swinging from trees for looking at a white woman anymore, but we're still hated and treated like animals.

I hate Donald Trump, but I'm glad he's managed to bring racism to the forefront, and put it out there so brazenly that we have no choice but to have a dialogue about it. It's no longer something that minorities have been asserting for generations, with the privileged majority ignoring them and saying it's not happening. Now you have a Presidential candidate embodying racism, sexism, and classism all in one package. It's awful, but it's also kind of amazing. There's no hiding from the truth of racism in America anymore. Now it's just a matter of getting the privileged to listen and empathize with us.

 

[besada]

Expulsions, trials, and prison are what's needed here. Let them figure out what they did wrong in prison.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Lalala nosuchthingasracism lalalala

Fuck man. Release the faces of these tough boys with nooses. There has to be severe consequences for these kinds of things

 

[Cyan]

Two weeks later and no action taken? Per the article, school district policy calls for immediate expulsion for kids who commit assault. They should absolutely be expelled.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Two weeks later and no action taken? Per the article, school district policy calls for immediate expulsion for kids who commit assault. They should absolutely be expelled.

Have some empathy. They didn't realize what it meant.

 

[The Kree]

Of course it's Mississippi.

 

[pixeldash]

Just locker room racism.

Stories like this are really depressing. I hope the school takes action.

 

[User1608]

Expulsions, trials, and prison are what's needed here. Let them figure out what they did wrong in prison.

Agreed. This is truly frightening and makes me angry as hell.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

I hope school officials finally take action now that this story is gaining national coverage, it might put some pressure on them to discipline the racists involved.

 

[Silver Arrows]

Fucking disgusting, can't say anything more about it lest I get banned.

But those responsible need to be stamped down upon and charged with hate crimes. Unacceptable.

 

[devilhawk]

Unless there was documented neck marks, witnesses, or a found noose, I would be shocked if charges are truly ever brought.

It will likely be the same as all other school bullying where the administration does fuck all about it. I remember going to administrators several time about the asshole that bullied and assaulted me; they just shrugged as there was shit they could do or even wanted to do.