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From what I read it was a black judge that was tired of seeing black defendants and wanted to find out what was going through their minds. Dismissing the white people he figured that the black people might be a little more at ease with his message and not feel that judge was trying to show out for the white people.

It looks like a case where good intention has gone wrong. The fact that the Judge thought he may be able to connect to these youths 'What in the world are you doing with your lives,'" I personal applaud.
We all know if any white judge had tried this they would be devoured by the usual attack dogs. Dismissing all the white lawyers was a bad choice as well as using the term "I didn't think about racism or reverse racism,”.

There is no “reverse racism”. Racism is racism, ugly and stupid. Using the term reverse racism is a way of saying only White people are capable of being racists.

Cont:White Americans for to long now have given blacks the so called benefit of the doubt or sympathy excuse (NO MORE)!Call it what it is Black racism and prejudice and it is unbridled and unchecked.Time and Time again there are to numerous to mention the Black racist crimes (Hate Crimes)committed against whites for the sole reason that the victim had White skin you know it And I know it it is pervasive in the country!It is a dire issue that the Justice Dept. better address before more college white girls end up RAPED and Murdered! Don't give black Americans any more excuses for their inexcusable actions that are as racist as any Neo nazi ect. they just don't get in trouble like Whites do! That must change!

That the GA bar would tolerate this is even more disturbing.

blogger7 - In my opinion, by the time those issues reach the courtroom, it's too late for talking. There are ample role models giving that speech outside court.

When a deviation is not challenged, it becomes standard practice and then law.

Y3Y3, I agree completely. Nothing has been said... and this is probably the reason why. The last sentance says quite a bit.

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Maynard Jackson had no idea what I had done for the civil rights movement. He was not even in Atlanta when I marched behind Julian Bond, Lonnie King, and others through our city's streets. He was not here at the height of the movement when we, the college students, forced city restaurants to integrate.

Perhaps he did not remember that I was one of the two men who integrated Emory Law School. And maybe he forgot that I was primarily responsible for integrating the Atlanta Water Works, or that I worked to get Muhammad Ali back into the boxing ring in Atlanta, or that I raised the money for the statue of Hank Aaron at the stadium.

But he could not have forgotten how, as mayor, he later built on the foundation we had laid and, with my help and the help of other African-American city councilmen, we led Atlanta into a new era of race relations. I stood with him through those years, as his floor leader in the city council, building coalitions to ensure that the African-American agenda succeeded.

Blogger7: If the judge wanted to "do something about the youth of his race," then he should start is own group, speaking to high schools, conciling, etc. But to pull this in a court of justice, by opossing all justice is wrong in every way. His actions are unacceptable and inexcusable. Like Grand said, by the time they reach the courts, it's too late anyway.