This is what you fought for.....2 from the Jena 6 make a public appearance....

I have been told that you cannot judge people-the adage “Judge Not Least You Be Judged” comes to mind. But as a native New Yorker I have to judge in order to survive (Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink should have been my manifesto) and I suspect that anyone living in any major metropolitan city utilizes a similar standard. If I were to encounter someone in a klansman’s uniform, I sincerely doubt that I would want to invite him/her over for tea and crumpets-I’m just saying. And in the same breath, I would be hesitant to associate with a person that is clothed in full ghetto garb as well.

So I would like to submit a question to the class-Are the two young men (pictured above) from the Jena 6 case appropriately dressed for their first public outing? The photo was taken during last week’s BET Hip Hop award show leading one to think that perhaps they should have been advised to leave the Jim Jones and the Dipset ghetto garb at home and wear something more conservative because to put it simply-the world is watching. And I’m not the only one that came to the same conclusion-hat tip to the What Would Thembi Do blog for pointing out this grotesque faux pas as well as comedian Katt Williams jokingly (Black men in the past unfortunately did not have that option) wearing a noose with the matching pink pimp suit. I guess this is what the legions of Black folk fought for when they decided to take up the Jena 6 cause last month. Check out this excerpt, courtesy of the Thembi blog:

Anything sponsored by BET is doomed to a special brand of impenetrable coonery. A sort of vortex of porchmonkey-business that envelops every single attendee, if you will.

Now, on the left we have two of the Jena 6, who were invited to the awards by BET to present the Best Hip Hop Video Award and explain what the whole Jena 6 deal is about. Thank you, BET for being socially involved, but could you have explained to these two young men that a suit, not jeans and shades, is the outfit of those taken seriously? I don't blame these kids, I blame whoever forgot to tell them that they aren't rappers and aren't there to stunt it up. I can just see them rushing over to City Blue to get outfitted for the night. And I don't know what statement Katt Williams is trying to make but I guess no one told him that Jena 6 was going to be in the house. Maybe they can sue him for Post Traumatic Stress disorder...