According to the Textbook Author,blacks and Whites Interpreted the Jena,Louisiana

question 18

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook author,blacks and whites interpreted the Jena,Louisiana incident differently according to racial conditioning:

• A) Whites saw whites being punished, while transgressions by blacks got a slap on the wrist at most and blacks didn't understand what the fuss was about.
• B) Blacks saw blacks being punished, while transgressions by whites got a slap on the wrist at most and whites didn't understand what the fuss was about.
• C) Blacks believed that the punishment of the young men was correct and whites did not.
• D) Whites wanted the cases dropped for all the boys and blacks wanted all the boys charged with more severe crimes

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