A NEWS EDITOR at a Minnesota college newspaper was fired after he hung a noose in the newsroom.
His message was to get work done in time, and the noose was a joking threat. Some, however, thought the noose in the newsroom was racist.
The student says he was completely unaware of the racist connotations of the noose, and he knew nothing of the noose-inspired tension in Jena, Louisiana.
"I am definitely aware of it now," the fired student says.
The noose hung only briefly, and when he was made aware of the connotations, the student removed the noose.
Should he still have been fired? Is his ignorance an acceptable excuse? Or is this yet another example of why people need to have an understanding and appreciation for a world beyond their own?
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