Minn. teens share Snapchat message showing noose around black classmate’s neck: ‘Gotta hang ‘em all'

[KamaAina]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/minnesota-teens-sent-snapchat-message-showing-noose-around-black-classmates-neck-gotta-hang-em-all/

School officials in Minnesota are investigating a social media post that showed a black student with a noose around his neck, captioned, “Gotta hang ‘em all.”

“I feel heartbroken (and) little fearful because, you know, this type of hate represents a lot more than just a picture that was spread around in the school,” said the boy’s uncle, Stephan Witherspoon. “It represents a people that have been oppressed for hundreds of years — hosed and burned and lynched.”...

But they each believe the students’ actions represent a “hate crime.”

“It instills fear in our young, especially our young African American men and women,” Witherspoon said.

Doggone racist Southerners!

[TexasProgresive]

1. Makes me happy to be in Texas

[2naSalit]

2. Minnesota is generally a

progressive place but there are some really nasty bigots there too. One told me once that, " '^&%*%*&s' can't handle the cold so we don't have many up here (in MN) and that's why I like it here."

[KamaAina]

3. There is a T-shirt stating that sentiment vis-a-vis ND

[2naSalit]

4. I'm not surprised.

Parts of Montana are like that too. I live in Montana.