Your clue is right in front of you in your own words. "Nooses are racist." Who told you this and why did they tell you this? How can you be so sure that everyone "knows" that "nooses are racist"?
"In Louisiana." Well, say no more, right? Those people are ignorant, racist troglodytes. Not at all like you! Racist, racist, racist! (Feels good to say it, no?)
Oh by the way, how 'bout that Bobby Jindal?
From the article:
"An investigation by school officials, police, and an FBI agent revealed the true motivation behind the placing of two nooses in the tree the day after the assembly. According to the expulsion committee, the crudely constructed nooses were not aimed at black students."
So all these folks are stupid, racist and wrong and you know this simply because they are "in Louisiana" and "nooses are racist". That's some mighty fine detective work there, Sherlock.
Oh, were they wrong?
I seem to recall stories of nooses hung after Jena (New Jersey Home Depot, Columbia University professor, a forklift in Long Island, various schools in North Carolina) and they were interpreted as racist.
Gosh, where could I possibly get the idea that nooses were racist?
""In Louisiana." Well, say no more, right? Those people are ignorant, racist troglodytes"
"Lynchings were concentrated in a swath running through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana: the region often referred to as the 'Black Belt'"
-- Stewart E. Tolnay and E.M. Beck, A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930.
"That's some mighty fine detective work there, Sherlock."
Detective work? Nah. Just common sense and a little knowledge of history. You ought to try it.