In a year that saw a young black girl being held captive, raped, and forced to eat animal feces while being pelted with racial slurs, the guys that follow certainly don't even come close to representing the most egregious or violent racism that occurred in the last 12 months. Instead, these high profile white guys represent a new era in American race relations, which are somehow ever-evolving and completely static at the same time. The veil of political correctness has been lifted to show that racial ignorance, ugly stereotypes, and, in some cases, hate, are alive, well, sometimes subtle, and, scariest of all, thriving.

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Mychal Bell, the only member of the Jena Six to be convicted of any crimes (although the conviction was thrown out for him to be tried again in juvenile court) was released on $45,000 bail yesterday. And who was out in front of the courthouse steps ready to make a statement? Why, Al Sharpton, of course.

"Tonight, Mychal can go home, but Mychal is not out of the juvenile process. He goes home because a lot of people left their home and stood up for him," he said.

"Let America know — we are not fighting for the right to fight in school. We're not fighting for the right for kids to beat each other. We're fighting to say that there must be one level of justice for everybody. And you cannot have adult attempted murder for some, and a fine for others, and call that equal protection under the law. Two wrongs don't make one civil right."

So what if I grudgingly agree? He's still annoying. Meanwhile, the genius DA Reed Walters is going even more off the deep end than he was before, crediting God for keeping the (white) citizens of Jena safe from the thousands of (black) protesters who descended upon the town last week.

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When Al Sharpton talks, people listen. I'm not the only one who hates that this is the case, but it is the case. And thats why it's sad that until very recently, Sharpton has been far more consumed by his hip hop crusade than the plight of the Jena Six.

Curiously, now that there is a media-heavy rally today in Jena, Al Sharpton is finally there, visiting the six teenagers that made the small Louisiana town infamous. I'm interested to know what caused him to finally take time out of his busy schedule.

The N-word is still around! So is hip hop! What could have made him leave those worthy causes to lend his voice to six kids in the Louisiana boonies. Maybe the cameras?

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Dear J. Reed Walters,

Can I call you J.? I know that you're kind of a big deal in the minuscule corner of the world where you live, and you probably expect the courtesy of Mr. Walters. Or maybe District Attorney Walters. But not only do I feel you to be totally undeserving of that level of courtesy from me or anyone else, I think J is kind of a cool letter. It's the opener for a lot of interesting words.

1. Justice.

2. Jail.

3. Juveniles.

4. Jena.

Being the district attorney of LaSalle Parish, where the infamous town of Jena is located, you should be well-acquainted with those four words, although you have an infirm grasp on the meaning of the first one, a flippant view of the second, a disbelief that there is such a thing as being tried as the third if the youths in question are black, and a complete and total lack of respect for the denizens of the fourth. Because before you decided to charge the six black boys who participated in a school yard brawl with attempted murder, as adults no less, no one had heard of Jena or you. And by that I mean, no one would know what a back woods, fucked-up town Jena, La. is, and no one would know what a racist, mentally unqualified embarrassment you are.

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