I came across this article this morning about Mychal Bell, one of the lead faces of the Jena 6. After reading about his recent suicide attempt and the “pressure to do right” he says to have felt, I began reflecting on the national attention once given to Bell in the not so distant past. Community Leaders, political figures from around the nation cried out against injustice. In this new era of racial awareness, the election of the first African American to head the White House, in all of our efforts to correct and take a stand on racial inequality, all of our causes….I have one question. Did the community forget about Mychal Bell, the troubled teen? Did anyone reach out to him and serve as a mentor? Where were these community leaders once the media attention no longer existed? Where were they when he pointed the gun to his own head to take his own life? Let’s dialogue….Jena 6….What was done right, and what went wrong?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/15/mychal.bell/index.html?iref=topnews

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