Jena 6 and Racism

I have been watching the Jena 6 case and updates and I am saddened by whats going on in Louisiana. I think that those kids who did that to the tree are horrible, I thought we were past those days of racism. It is a shame for any kid, white, hispanic or black, to have to ask to sit under a certain tree at school. I also do not like the way the 6 black kids are put in jail while the white guy that beat up the black guy got suspended. I think the jail and any other charges brought upon the Jena 6 is too harsh. I believe all the kids involved should have been suspended or maybe the kids who hung the nooses on the tree could have been kicked out of school. It's crazy how the world has come so far to just turn back around and go through this. Racism is very much still alive, I'm sad to say. But for some white kids to hang that on a tree brings back a lot of hurtful issues that Matin Luther King tried his hardest to get rid of. I also think its good that media outlets are covering the event alot. I know in the past media did not cover much black events or movements. I really hope that the Jena 6 protest helps out in the trial and that the town can get back to being normal without segregation, because thats what it seems like has happened.