Jena is in crisis and chaos. Six black teens charged with murder after a fight ...

The charges later considered too harsh--and racist--as white kids didn't get the same treatment.

And so it goes, and so it went. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson even showed up and put Jena on the map of the mainstream media--though the story has been boiling over online for a little longer of a time before CNN showed up on scene.

This week, a large protest in Jena, Louisiana, to show they support the "Jena 6"..

So what happened?

For those that don't know, it all began under a tree. A tree was a "whites only" sitting ground. Black kids sat there. Fights unfolded, and finally, nooses showed up on the tree as a message to blacks to stay away. After 6 black teens beat 1 white teen up, those Jena 6, as they are now known, were charged with attempted murder.

After the protest last week, a bus station of leaving protesters had one more brush with racism. A white teen was driving his pick up truck around the black protesters .. the truck with a noose dragging behind it.

And so it goes.

Decades after black Americans gained civil liberties .. the right to vote .. the right to live their lives, we are faced with the prospect that a whole new generation not only forgets the tragic history of certain races in this country, but also doesn't realize how vastly idiotic and moronic their racist positions are viewed. Maybe it doesn't matter. They'll keep pasting their Confederate flag banners to their pickup trucks not even realizing what the flag means.

The issue of race is America is alive and well, no matter how many people wish to ignore it.

Race. Poverty. Inequality.

There are certain states, certain areas, and certain towns like Jena that seemingly have become embroiled in fight that should have taken place thirty years ago, but instead intensifies now. In the 21st century.

Weren't we supposed to be over this by now?

Take the Jena 6 out of the equation for a bit. The argument over race is still there. Whites still have their KKK, blacks still have their Nation of Islam. It's not pretty..

And the saddest of all is that the vast minority of America are still stuck in their golden age of racism.. while the rest of us have moved on. Not that it matters. The vocal minority of America will still fight this out and bring us all down.

The world is watching us right now.. America is fighting wars abroad, but the war is raging at home. The silent war. What do races really think of each other? Are we heading for a racial meltdown? Or is this just a small asterisk in the history of race relations? Even those small astericks get larger over time.

And if there is still racism, what is causing it. Why do so many people live in their deep South past ? Pride of their heritage maybe. But 100 years after a Civil War that divided a nation in half over issues of trade, the economy, and slavery, perhaps it's time to, well, maybe, move on?

Prayers for Jena, today. Prayers for us all. It's time to move on .. live as a nation .. for once and for all.