liamstliam | A comment about Jena, Louisana

There are a number of discussions about the racial issues in Jena. La., in my friends' LJs.

I am listening to NPR's "Tell Me More, and I just heard something that sort of crystallizes the problem.

The host was interviewing two ministers, one Black, one White.

The White minister says, "We are a very religious town. If I walk down the street, I can count 14 churches."

The Black minister responds: "All churches or White churches."

White minister: "White churches."

Black minister: "Well, we have six churches."

The Black minister went on to say he thought there were two many churches, too much division.

But my point is that when the White minister counted churches, he *only* counted white churches.