"The story begins at an assembly last fall, when a black freshman asked if he was allowed to sit under a large tree on school grounds that he had heard was "whites-only." From The Nation, via School of Blog.
UPDATE: Presidential candidate Barack Obama is being called out for his mild response to the Jena students being arrested (Politico).
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