Comments on: The Blacker the O.J. The Sweeter the Juice? http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/09/the-blacker-the-oj-the-sweeter-the-juice/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Randolphus Maximushttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/09/the-blacker-the-oj-the-sweeter-the-juice/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Randolphus Maximus Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:57:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=510#comment-1349 Jill-<br/><br/>I was actually looking at the posts on this blog about the GOP debate last night and saw this post about OJ.<br/><br/><br/>While I don't disagree with you that there are grave inequities in the justice system. I don't understand why race has more to do with it than economic status. OJ had more resources to use in his defense, his high priced legal team was able to get him his freedom.<br/><br/>Those Duke lacrosse players had more resources, they were able to get their freedom. But the DA there was able and willing to send away those kids to prison not in the interest of justice, but for other selfish reasons.<br/><br/>What's my point? I think it's misguided to place too much emphasis on turning individual criminal cases into metaphors, or symbols because circumstances are different in each instance. Jill-

I was actually looking at the posts on this blog about the GOP debate last night and saw this post about OJ.

While I don’t disagree with you that there are grave inequities in the justice system. I don’t understand why race has more to do with it than economic status. OJ had more resources to use in his defense, his high priced legal team was able to get him his freedom.

Those Duke lacrosse players had more resources, they were able to get their freedom. But the DA there was able and willing to send away those kids to prison not in the interest of justice, but for other selfish reasons.

What’s my point? I think it’s misguided to place too much emphasis on turning individual criminal cases into metaphors, or symbols because circumstances are different in each instance.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/09/the-blacker-the-oj-the-sweeter-the-juice/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Anonymous Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:16:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=510#comment-1242 I'm a white woman living in a small town in southwest America. OJ did it. Everyone knows it. There are innocent young black people being unfairly treated all over the place. Why is Jena, LA the focus? None of these people are innocent. There are so many issues in this little town how will we ever be able to focus on the legal lynching of these young men? It is not a clear case. The waters are muddy. PS - there are two people that can come on a TV screen and I will turn the channel immediately - #1 is Gloria Allred, #2 is Al Sharpton. I’m a white woman living in a small town in southwest America. OJ did it. Everyone knows it. There are innocent young black people being unfairly treated all over the place. Why is Jena, LA the focus? None of these people are innocent. There are so many issues in this little town how will we ever be able to focus on the legal lynching of these young men? It is not a clear case. The waters are muddy. PS – there are two people that can come on a TV screen and I will turn the channel immediately – #1 is Gloria Allred, #2 is Al Sharpton.

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