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  • why the hell are the highest rated comments BS? Go wikipedia the Jena 6 and educate yourself on what the interviewers and Mos Def are talking about. kipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six Look at the events leading up to the death of this white kid, and how fucked up the punishments were for these kids just a few years ago, hear Mos talking about confederate flags and shit?

  • Mos, Kanye, Chris Rock, just to name of few of the real Black Males, that realize the reality of our plight and that speak out, THANK YOU

  • "It's an issue of national security."

    WTF???

  • what the fuck jesus aint say dat shit wtf

  • THOSE FUCKING NIGGERS ARE COWARDS....you see?...COWARDS..... FUCK

  • fuck NWO.

    mos for president.!

    Obama?? He is white.

  • religion has nothing to do with god its a man made creation.

  • Whats all this comment pending approval crap. the intermet is one of the few methods of totally free expression, even if there are people leaving innapropriate comment or even abhorent ones to pretend they dont exist is not the answer

  • they want to take it away, precisely because it is one of the few methods of free expression, alternative media, blogging, etc etc.

  • Largely religion does not cause viloence and hate. It is often used as a vechile for such hatered but the route cause is deeper. Religion can be used as a way to rationalise somthing that intellectually makes no sense i.e. raceism Individuals I know from a variety of religions are some of the most accepting and kind peole I know. Somerthig seems to wrong when it gets mixed with group memtality which creates an "us and them" attitude. If there is a God there is no "them".

  • Largely religion does not cause violence and hatre. Religion is often used a vechile for such aggresion but the route cause is deeper, religion is just an excuse to rationalise something that intellectually makes no sence. Religious indiividuals I know from a variety of religions are the most accepting and kind people I know but it seems to wrong when it gets mixed with group mentality which develops an "us and them" mentality. If there is a God we are all his children tthere is no "them".

  • By saying eradication, you're talking about killing over a billion people. You can't just talk about eradicating a religion and expect the people of that religion to just be accepting of it. In the end, you're just reciprocating what Muslim extremists are doing. They call you an infidel, you call them an evil cult. I see the exact same person.

  • religion is tricky because it exploits our inner craving and need to feel the interconnectedness we have with everything so its a bad twiist on the real source of our spirituality which in the end does more bad than good

  • WTF are you talking about? Look up facts about the Islamic faith before you start to criticize it. Killing women? Children? By the hundreds? Are you fucking stupid? Seriously, dude the news has you brain washed to the point were you believe anything you see. I'm a Muslim and that is not what our Religious faith teaches us to do. It teaches us about peace, Justice, and to avoid killing, etc. Learn before you criticize because your making yourself sound like an ignorant person.

  • hey man I actually agree partially with sweetisguy. I mean Xomuzic~ made a good point but its true that Islam is currently causing the most deaths. The thing is is that like any other religion the holy book is multi interpretable. Unfortunately lots of muslims believe that the non believers are pigs and arent equal to the muslims. A lot of christians use the bible to preach hate as well. But there are quran texts that *litteraly* tell u that the non believers are pigs and that u should kill them

  • Why the fuck do other rich people have to give thir money to that shit, that should be the goverment that we pay taxes to to do that shit, and fuck that bitch at the end and some not so famous. She was talking about Mos Def. Just because he douse not rhyme about cars and girls, what the fuck is that.

  • Dont be silly kiddom, where abbots in the Quran does it sya to kill Non-believrs give me a quote, ive read the Quran and nowhere in the book does it say that, and Muslims dont kill women by the hundres or the tens or the ones where the fuck did you get that bulshit, they dont kill Children, tell me where abouts does it say for Muslims to kill people give me a quote IN CONTEXT.

  • Do you live in a small red neck town or something? Have you ever picked up a book?

    Get educated you dumb ass

    Get a clue

  • I love how people don't know HISTORY. How many Crusades were there?!? 10+?!

    Either adopt Christianity or DIE?!?! CHRISTIANS/CATHOLICS have raped and killed MILLIONS even BILLIONS!!! No wonder these so called "terrorists" decide to do what they do even if its wrong

  • Well the Crusades mark their armor of god symbol making them God's people... and i love how you Muslim love to bring up shit like this in the past..Fuck with Israel and ones who fight for Israel you might as well die...For Jesus said "I didn't come on this Earth to make peace, I came to fight with a sword"

  • where the fuck did u make that up from? jesus neva said that lol

    u a fool

  • @hotchoccolate23

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  • Thanks for taking the time to record and post this.

  • The only thing we can do is spread love.

    So I m sending my love to all black people. I m sending my love to all of people in the world who are being discriminated cause the color of their skin,religion,sex, sexual orientation, nationality etc.etc.etc.....

    ....every person who has the media space should use it,like mos does,to fight for better world...

    ....girl from ex Yugoslavia,

    an ex state which is full of (national) hate.

    love:)

    ...

  • I just wanted to say that a lot of white people from all over the world (like me:)) acknowledges that

    racism still exist in America,and other countries, too. It is just changing it s forms. I just wanted for all of black people to know that they are supported by many whites in their struggle.

    There are so many hate in the world.

    Only thing we can do is spread love.

  • Very very well stated arguments-Mos is truly a hip-hop legend.

  • that mother fucker cant even speak english. MONROE, La. A teen convicted in the "Jena Six" beating case shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital Monday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge, police said.

    race baiting blacks are always the victims

  • I love Mos Def. He is the man. A decent, caring human being. God bless you, Mos.

  • I wonder how it wud've been if PAC was there and spoke...

  • ....I wish pac was still here :)

    rip pac

    but we still have some rapers that need some attention, NOW ... when they are still alive :P : mos def, common, immortal tehnique, pharaohe monch , black thought, talib kweli......

  • rapper not raper...sorry it was botherin the shit out of me

  • Never watch CNN. It's being controlled by the elite. CNN equals Propaganda. CNN misleads people from the real problems in the world. Terror is not one of them. Al'Qaida is a hoax. 9/11 was an inside job.

    Open your mind and start doing some critical thinking. Watch the film Zeitgeist: The Movie. Then the second film called Zeitgeist: Addendum. You will be amazaed of how things really work in USA and in the world!

  • mos if the fcking man. thats why i love him! (no homo) respect

  • everyone search: mos def calls out the whole industry

  • I love you(yes homo)

  • Did I see a red and black flag in the crowd?

  • "If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth." - Mos Def

  • "Islam is hate disguised as violence and seeks only its own victory through the misappropriation of true human rights everywhere"

  • there's evil people in every religion.

  • A Christian man was convicted of murder, yet no one hates the religion Christianity. A Hindu woman murdered her child, yet no one hates the religion. A Bhuddist raped a woman, yet no one hates the religion. Why hate Islam when it did not harm you. Not everyone who believes in the faith is evil. Mind that.

  • If religion inspires people to do something good then I'm not against it. Unfortunately religion often creates hate and divides people. But I think this has more to do with the circumstances and region etc. where people live. But mohammed preached hate. So people who strictly follow Islam (radicals) will often be some damn dangerous idiots. I personally think you should do good out of your personal belief in good and not out of fear for "god"

  • But religion in itself is a submission to being unreasonable. Any good that comes from it, should come as a result of being a good person, not a religious one. By being religious, you have given up, to a varying degree, pursuit of truth. Humanity has done more good for itself than god ever could.

  • thats why i really luv him!

  • ignorance isn't in the speech of the message; it's the content and intent. this brother has made the attempt that most in his shoes wouldn't; for a cause that most (in and out of his shoes) ingnore... freedom, civility, "black" existance. wake up my people. don't judge the messenger; just the purpose of the message.

  • you know what was funny about this jena 6 thing. It really shows who the real artist

    was at that time mos def showed up not for exposure but because he's a activist. How many

    other rappers showed up to this. Mos got alot of respect from me for this.

  • He is nothing more then a black Sean Penn. He has made more money as an actor, then a hip-hop artist. He is looking for the spotlight to get another movie deal. I'm not impressed!

    He is just looking for a staring role instead of a co-star role. I will give him some credit. He did a very good job in (The Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy), and (The Italian Job). Other then that he is a moron. He thinks we didn't go to the moon, an that 9/11 was an inside job. He is a complete imbecile.

  • i mean...first off i want to say that i am a black female 19, and here is my opinion...if i see someone off in the distance bowing to some confederate flag/swastica who cares! i mean it is america everybody has that right...its just as long as they are not coming around commiting crimes aginst you or me..and just as long as they dont violate the law then who cares? yes it could be offensive but u just gotta pick up ur head and keep moving...unless its like jena 6 ofcourse...

  • I agree with everything you said, but I am confused by the "unless it is like Jena 6" comment? The Jena 6 didn't attack anyone because of nooses. That thing happened over 3 months earlier. The Jena 6 assault was linked to a fight over the previous weekend.

  • holy idiot, batman!

  • Mos def-inately retarded is an ignorant, deluded socialist.

  • broken pawn is def-inately retarded and an ignorant, deluded rich white motherfucker.

  • i hear u..

  • wow. ur are so wrong. he is the greatest ans most accurate artist of our time. a great man - Muslim not socialist. he represents humanity and the equality of humanity. but you wouldnt understand that.

  • mos def is amazing

  • Many famous, and many not so famous? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!!

    THERE ALL PEOPLE, WHO CARES IF THEIR FAMOUS!!

    For anyone reading this, I'm talking about the woman speaking at the end, after speaking with Dante.

    Bloody news people; piss me off!

  • what u dont get is that violence only means that a human being is savage, people behave, if I act violent and I can not stand up a debate or a dialogue then I am acting like an animal, I dont care if the other person is a red neck I prove my point I will nmot allow him to call me spik or nigger if I make him look worst

  • racism is alive n has eternal life.if it didnt exist why do u have to tell what ur race is on major school test n job applications...

  • exactly ive alwys wondered that why does it matter what race you are whether you black,white,asian,hispanic,ind­ian, what ever you are it's just a color or a nationality but your still a person, especialy when you go to apply for school they ask you your race and i always ask myself.....why..why do they need that.....MOS DEF IS THE TRUTH!!

  • The world would be better off without humans

  • don't let white insecurity stop black liberation...We will not stand aside and look while they kill us with drugs, liquor sex(aids), Be happy that some people are talking cuz some of us don't ask for favours....ie give us freedom!...some are ready to create it ...regardless of how corporates guineas feel

  • "We will not stand aside and look while they kill us with drugs, liquor sex(aids)"

    HAHA. The silly, "they force us to drink, do drugs, and screw freely." What a joke!

    Think for yourself. You'd be amazed at what you can do. You might find the willpower to avoid those thing YT is "forcing" you to do.

  • my applause... excellent

  • lol david bowie a G

  • who knew david bowie was a gangsteR!!!!!!...

  • dude, he dropped 10,000 bones! bad ass!

  • Not everything is BLACK AND WHITE

    pEOPLE need to stop hating because of religious difference, cultural difference, and ethnic difference...embrace the ones you love, reach out and be more outroistic and dont just sit at home in a pile of shit and hate because your to scared to open your mind

  • america is a racist nation....truth hurts dont it

  • has any body heard any thing about jena 6 since 8 months?

  • Yeah. They still can't figure out where all the money went or why the Jena 6 families have new cars and bling. Mychal Bell pleaded guilty and was released into foster care around the new year. He's in school and applying to play football. Bell's "dad" says the lawyers sold him out. the lawyers say he had no case and they got him the best deal they could. The others have mostly moved to other towns and states. Bryant Purvis was arrested for assault on another kid in Texas. That's the major stuff.

  • Carwyn Jones has been arrested twice this year, once for assault. Bryant Purvis was arrested for assault. Mychal Bell was pulled over speeding in an uninsured car on a highway in La, though his sentence forbade him from leaving Monroe. Jesse Beard has reportedly violated probation more than once, but he's a juvenile so they won't release details.

    There are motions being heard to recuse Judge Mauphry from the case. They say that his knowledge of all their other crimes makes him biased.

  • I'll reiterate the obvious. What would have happened had six white children beaten a black boy to within an inch of his life apparently for no other reason than being white?

  • Mos Def is the realest rapper out there along with Talib Kweli you will never see Lil Wayne doing this because he will lose his white fans.

  • He might lose his ignorant white fans. Those who are hypocritical for listening to his music and then promoting a racial divide. I'm a white , liberal arts graduate from the Northeast and I'm glad Mos Def went down to Jena to speak his mind and support the injustices that occurred. He clearly advocated against racism to any degree as well as lessening restrictions on youth offenders. I think if Lil Wayne is capable of making a well constructed argument like Mos has he'd only lose racist fans

  • I agree with that 100%. All them other rappers are too caught up with their cars and money to take a stand against something.

  • your a jackass mos def dont talk about cars and gold chains..real issues..like this one.....this is the message of hip hop! THIS KIND OF SHIT IS WHY IT EXISTS.SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT GET IT....YOU AN 85ER

  • you will never find LIL WAYNE doing this and this is his home state...and people love to say he's real...wayne faker than a 3 dollar bill and so are his fans

  • "WHY NOT" ....thass' my boyyyyyyyyyyyyyy p e a c e

  • Why would they want a multiple offense criminal? Then again, why are they defending multiple offense criminals?

  • KKKall me KKKrazy, but KKKids should be able to go to school without having nooses hung over their heads, oKKKay.

  • "The confediral flag is provocative" lol is not the population of angry black men from all over the country desending on that small town not provocative?

  • no, I would describe that as reactionary

    it is obvious that the individuals who carried out the events with the confederate flag were out to provoke a negative reaction from the public. do you not understand the difference?

  • Not only is the Confederate flag racist, it's insulting to Americans.

  • Liverladd :you sound like youre scared of Black men. why would a group of Black men having a legal civil rally be provovative? See you like most whites have a subliminal fear and racist feelings towards Black men. That was a major fraudian slip dude. so what if a group of white men from the Local Union was having a strike would that be provocative? Hmmm...Think about tha real hard.

  • there is no black kkk!........Every1 should look things up b4 talkin bull shit! like on wiki pedia.....

  • I'M FEELIN YOU ON THAT ...

  • Well actually there WAS a Black KKK who were somewhat forced into joining the KKK and some even joined willingly. So before you start lamenting on how people should look up stuff and talking "BS", maybe you should research information yourself.

  • Black panthers were a group formed out of love....kkk was formed out of hate....also...kkk supports Obama..google it...if this were a kkk rally no blacks would be there...there were plenty of white people there who agreed and were they being chastised and hated NO!....the only hatred is the hatred there was from the racist bastards that lived there....but they are the minority and will always be....

  • Formed out of Love?

    Malik Zulu Shabazz in His Own Words:

    "When the white man came here, you should have left him to die."

    "death to Israel," "the white man is the devil. "Kill every goddamn Zionist in Israel! Goddamn little babies, goddamn old ladies! Blow up Zionist supermarkets!"

  • The KKK does not support Obama.Your reference originated in a British satirical paper called "The Daily Squib" which carries a disclaimer that states"not to be taken *@$king seriously!". Do some research before you spread falsehoods. This just makes you look stupid.

  • mos=truth

  • Your subliminal racist jabs: "Many were there because it was a gathering of Blacks" are almost as weak as your mental inability to comprehend the reaction of a human being toward persecution, oppression and injustice.

    I also find it sad that at 28 years old you are still lost within your inner circle of ignorance.

  • You are as dumb as your name implies.

    What part of this interview indicates that he is on drugs?

    KKK chanting "White Power" was for no reason other than to oppress and continually benefit off the labour of black people and other races.

    Black people chanting "Black Power" is solely to gain an EQUAL standing in society and the country like THE RIGHT TO VOTE in the 60's, the cease of police brutality and a fair and equal trial in the judicial system etc.

  • He's a great rapper and great writer from articles of his I've seen. He just can't speak well.

  • He's usually articulate

  • haha its funny seeing black poeple trying to make this not look like a Blackk kkk thing XD....sorry but you failed

  • A BLACK KKK THING? So you saw black people wearing sheets? Hanging nooses and burning crosses in front of white folk homes and businesses? HMMMM Maybe the CNN I saw was different that what you saw. I saw the Cable News Network. Not the Canadian News Network. lololol

  • What the fuck do u mean with that comment? is the underground railroad not taught in schools anymore??

  • wow thats some pressure for mos def, but he held out well, with some nice responces, the casters are pretty dumb, they dont fully understand him, and asking him why whe was there? does he need a reason?

    "why not" was just fine

  • agreeeed bro, he knows what's going down and he doesn't even pin it on white ppl at all... he's truly an outstanding person

  • He sounds like an idiot. I have known a lot of people like him who are very eloquent when singing but can not speak well. I may be a little hard on him, however, it is very difficult to speak well publicly without preperation.

  • Mos def is that dude..I have nothing but respect for the man for what he fights for and what he believes in..He's one of the few that will voice his opinion and I respect this....

  • i know the news guy from cnn is doing his job but, he needs to get with the program

  • I think karen is trying to touch upon ppl cowards who want to get on the internet and talk crap and who don't even say that kind of ting to ppl of color in real life situations. I don't think se was trying to threaten any1 but I was deffinitly feeling the point she was trying to make of ppl who do that type of thing being cowards

  • mos

    Def is a smart guy, but he's being hoodwinked by ignorant fuckface thugs who should be locked up.

  • You really need to get a life!!n You don't have nothing else to do with your life!!

  • white people are cowards...blacks tried to move in to get jobs after you enslaved us and you moved out u lynched blacks got away wiht it and still wore hoods...you make racist comments on youtube because it's in your blood to be a coward...keep living your sheltered lives and just remember you burn in hell 6 times over for every ridiculous thing you say about other human beings

  • Dummy, how can you say you "burn in hell 6 times over for every ridiculous thing you say about other human beings" and then say "white people are cowards" in the same statement? Do you know how many white people there are in the world?.....

  • No doubt black people have a harder life than whites for the most part in the world. I understand that and it's a shame. However, I really dislike it when someone makes such a general statement as you just did to claim we are all the same......

  • Sure, some are racist, but there are plenty who aren't. My family came over here from Ireland and Italy in the 30's, and had nothing to do with the silly ass KKK. To generalize a group of people (which includes what, a billion people) Is very ignorant.

  • i wouldnt even touch politics

    but Mos Def sayin good shit cause hes a good rapper... yep

  • this isnt over. these kids are still fighting to get free... its sad because it took damn near a year for it to have its 15 minutes on the media airwaves.. people as a whole should be mad about this issue and want to do something about it.. do what u can even if its writing a letter on how you feel about it

  • To all of you white folks callin us niggers and coons on you tube I just got to say one thing....come to my hood and talk that shit pussies. You aint got the balls to talk shit to our faces you white pussies.

  • tell em mos def.

  • Isn't it funny how fast these stories die? You'd have thought it was the start of the Charles Manson Race War, but after a everyone realizes it just pure bullshit hype, they all forget about it and go back to watching Oprah, O'Reilly, or whatever. Let's get all worked up over nothing, shall we???

  • The origins of the story can be traced back to early September when a black high school student requested permission to sit under a tree in the schoolyard where usually only white students sat. The next day three nooses were found hanging from the tree

  • I want to smoke the same stuff that Mos Def is smoking....I thought on Bill Maher, Mos said he didn't believe in Al-Qaeda....just Al Sharton. LOL

  • That's easy enough, but you have to dry it out first, because most turds are kinda wet and won't burn. Listen to how many times Most Deaf says BLACK and WHITE.... Jim Crow Baby???

  • "it's played out- racism is ridiculous"

  • Allowing a jim crow tree on school property; understood to be such by school administators, speaks volumes to status quo and was a covert act of Violence.The hanging of the Noose was an/the overt act of violence which precipated the rest. I support self defense. I support Freedom. I support the Jena 6 I support Mos Def....and I support a BAN on All-White jurys in cases involving people of color.

  • "understood to be such by school administators"

    That tree was NOT understood to be a Jim Crow Tree by administrators, nor the VAST majority of Jena residents, black and white, who have spoke on this. That is bull shit.

  • Ramb

    "In September 2006, a black student at Jena high school asked permission from school administrators to sit under the "white tree." School officials advised them to sit wherever they wanted. They did.

    The next day, three nooses, in the school colors, were hanging from the "white tree." The message was clear. "Those nooses meant the KKK, they meant ^ÑNiggers, we're going to kill you, we're going to hang you till you die,

  • Ramb

    The trouble started under "the white tree" in front of Jena High School. The "white tree" is where the white students, 80% of the student body, would always sit during school breaks.

    In September 2006, a black student at Jena high school asked permission from school administrators to sit under the "white tree." School officials advised them to sit wherever they wanted. They did.

    con't

  • con't

    Rambling

    The next day, three nooses, in the school colors, were hanging from the "white tree." The message was clear. "Those nooses meant the KKK, they meant 'Niggers, we're going to kill you, we're going to hang you till you die,'" Casteptla Bailey, mom of one of the students, told the London Observer.

  • Rambli

    Here in the woodsy heart of Louisiana, town leaders were looking for a fresh start, a way to erase the recent memory of Jim Crow-like hangman's nooses dangling from a shade tree at the local high school. So they cut the tree down

    The origins of the story can be traced back to early September when a black high school student requested permission to sit under a tree in the schoolyard where usually only white students sat. The next day three nooses were found hanging from the tree

  • Are you shitting me? A Jim Crow Tree??? Our people are the first to say "BLACK" or "WHITE"...and yet we blame whitey for that??? Until WE as AMERICANS stop talking balck and white, we perpetuate JIM CROW and all his hate and glory. Ya Dig?

  • "we" americans? lmao! "we're" not americans. white people are americans. get a clue.

  • The District Attorney who put the "attempted murder" charge on the Jena 6 is a DEMOCRAT named Reed Walters.

    The school board which reduced the white students' punnishment to in-school suspension was 7/2 DEMOCRAT.

  • 'The District Attorney who put the "attempted murder" charge on the Jena 6 is a DEMOCRAT named Reed Walters.

    clemtoe

    The school board which reduced the white students' punnishment to in-school suspension was 7/2 DEMOCRAT'

    And your point is??????????

  • The District Attorney who put the "attempted murder" charge on the Jena 6 is a DEMOCRAT named Reed Walters.

    The school board which reduced the white students' punnishment to in-school suspension was 7/2 DEMOCRAT.

  • Clemtoe, what does being a democrat or republican have to do with this sitation? There are fucked up people on both sides. It's about the person, not the party.

  • Mos Def did his best, but he is not a great speaker. I wish Tupac is alive in suitations like this. Just my opinion.

  • Are you serious? You can't be.

  • Racism is silly, best analogy of this video.

  • its stories like this that make Martin Luther King turn over in his grave.

    Its stories like this that also make his death be in vain.

    Black people are treated like second-class citizens for NO reason.

    I thought I lived in 2007, not 1967!!!!!

    and NO we're not all on welfare!!! (that statement about welfare was for any dumbass youtube racist, we all know their a bunch of bitches!!!!)

    peace out,

    Jerogai (313 all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

  • No, you got that wrong. It was well know among the masses that anyone COULD sit under the tree. Only a few climed otherwise in order to stir up sympathy for the Jena 6 attackers.

  • Are you dumb? Read a book.

  • BEWARE OF AGENT PROVACATUERS WHO CREATE INTERNET PROFILES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FANNING THE FLAMES OF HATRED. Research the "cointelpro" program to see how this game is played.

  • Do not be fooled by divide and conquer tactics designed to lead us into marshall law and then into a new world order where there are just two classes of people, dirt poor slaves of ALL COLORS and filthy rich slave owners OF ALL COLORS. The people who run the world are satanic and want to destroy 90 percent of the earths population. Learn all about the planned new world order before it's too late.

    RACE WAR= MARSHALL LAW!!!

  • actually...it's spelled "martial law". fyi

  • yeah well...you folks are just gonna be pissed no matter what. nevermind the fact that the 6 guys who jumped the white kid couldn't come up with anything witty or articulate to respond to the nooses being hung. nevermind that this took place 4 MONTHS after the nooses. yes, the nooses were bullshit, couldn't the black kids think up something non-violent to respond?

  • they did respond with a non violent protest by sitting under the tree, and the DA responded by telling them that he could ruin their lives with the stroke of a pen. I think the boys should have been punished with suspension maybe juvie but not months in a adult prison.

  • That isn't true. It has been refuted by a federal investigation and other independent investigators. There was no "non-violent" protest which was broken up by police. there were fights broken up by police. And the DA made a presentation to the ENTIRE student body about what happens to people who commit violent crimes and how it affects the rest of their lives. It was told to ALL and was not as threatening as many want to make it out to be.

  • If he told that to all of the students, when asked if he'd said it at all, why did he dismiss the question from a reporter saying "I see things are getting crazy so thank you for your time"...instead of "I was speaking to EVERY student." ?

  • What?

  • A non-violent response to a noose? Do you know what a noose is?

    What witty or articulate response could equate to the message sent by the hanging of nooses?

    You also forget that the attacked had a gun on him and was disarmed before his beatdown.

  • Bush could make this go away with a stroke of a pen. Katrina, and now this... Enough... New World Order is here and poor people dont have a seat at the table. Wake up!!! There not even letting white college boys ask about skull and crossbones and secret societies. He was tazered and taken away. Free speech is gone.

  • This is not bush's doing. The GOVERNOR should step in. SHE hasn't done her job for the second time. SHE should have step in during Katrina. Let's learn from this and benefit from the system and not become victims of it.

  • i agree every state has a huricane plan and the state had a terrible evacuation plan. Bush isn't responsible for making plans for each state incase of a weather emergency.

  • She has spoken on this, as have federal investigators. they all say they see no reason to go after Reed Walters and they believe he has violated no ethics.

  • Look how long it took for those kids to fight back. Aug - Dec 4, and now you know the kind of crackers thy were dealing with. Donald Washington States Atorney is a spineless house Negro.

  • Yeah, I think that Donald Washington has been bought by his white constituency down there.

  • I Heard The Shit They Were Saying On The Radio in Jena As We Arrived TO Protest(i.e. "I don't know why these people are coming down here to disturb the peace, outside of this we haven't had any problems with the COLOREDS")

    HUH??!!? We're STILL Coloreds In 2007?? I Realize That Many White People Are Oblivious To Many Of The Prejudiced Institutions Their Culture Has Created..But DAMN!!

  • LOL! It's not funny...but's it's laughable! You have got 2 be stuck in some Jim Crow time zone, to refer to a African American as a Colored! FunNY!

  • The bottom line we as black people need to come together and fight the fight of justice in this country because the law is against us from the cradle to the grave. First by unity, education and pulling our resources together to help each other. Racism still exists for us and whites will never understand our struggle or here us, I agree with Mos Def. Lets educate ourselves and start putting pressure on the poeple we vote in office that are suppose to be representing us.

  • lets just face it white people will never understand us, will never want to understand us, will always have there ignorant steorotypes and will continue as long as the human race exists...it's just a fact of life..i don't like it but fuck all those racists......in the end only God can judge them and ask them why they hate God's children who have pigment in there skin.

  • NY95va do you think some white people acutally care about GOD oh please if he was black they probably try to lynch him too. They care nothing for GOD and in some ways think of themselves as GOD. just saying

  • I can't believe Mychal Bell has been in prison for 10 months, he should be released. Sad too say if they were Jewish this wouldn't even be an issue. Being black in America isn't easy. I can't believe they took out the Knowledge tree - ironic. Which means no one will be sitting under this tree.

  • They'd rather cut it down, than 2 have the memory of their Gloryfied Lynching days tainted, by allowing the ancestors of those, their ancestors hung, 2 sit under the same tree, from which they love to see them Black Folks swing...Shameful!

  • It wasn't a "white tree". That was made up to get sympathy for these kids.

    Anyone could and did sit under their.

    It was cut down, because they are doing construction on that spot. They have to replace the main part of the school which was burned down.

  • You are such a liar.

    ANYTHING to make it seem as though there is no racism in AMerica...or in Jena, LA.

  • boooooooo. Thumbs down. Genious.

  • I am glad that Mos represented..but he has too many babies spread around new york yo.

    he kinda a koon...muthafucka got potential tho

  • Mos is taking care of his kids. He's not a deadbeat. I'll suport a rapper supporting all of his kids rather than some buster spreading his seed without a damned care.

  • Mos Def is a wonderful figure in Black society. A young articulate man and he rocks the mic like no other. It's good to see him there in protest just like he did at the VMA's in protest of Katrina victims. He is a true role model for ALL not 50 cent, all that money and he ain't even send a postcard.

  • that's crazy.OJ simpson killed people and gets away with it and these boys were charged with attempted murder?people get jumped everywhere but i never heard of them get charged with attempted murder.

  • first OJ didn't kill anyone...that's what you think. second did you know that white students jumped a black kid at a party and the police told him that he was at the wrong side of town and to go home then the white kid gets jumped now the 6 black kids are in trouble. (DOUBLE STANDARD)

  • the murder charges were dropped, for everyone involved. the only guy that's still in jail is there on assault charges and also because he was on probation when him and those 5 other cowards jumped the white boy.

  • The problem is these boys knew what a noose hanging from a tree woud do. Instigation breeds altercation. It takes two to tango and any other cliche that fits. The problem is the punishment was not dealt out fairly. Racial tension is alive and well in the country more so in the deep south and until that is addressed this will continue to happen, and happen without all of the news coverage to bring it to the forefront.

  • def looks lost.

  • You crazy...DEF looks right at home amongst his people who APPRECIATE his LEADERSHIP. He is always "laid back" in his speech and cuts throats in his lyrics!

  • we scared the world, let them react with their nooses, and denial of bail. they know we can come together, the benefit of our disunity is coming to an end!

  • and a new age is disunity will come to be

  • those rednecks would rather chop down the tree

    so blacks can't use it. the bail denial, and nooses is a defense to Black power and Unity, that has awakened. we knock any adult sentence down.