According to the textbook author,blacks and whites interpreted the Jena,Louisiana incident differently according to racial conditioning:
A) Whites saw whites being punished, while transgressions by blacks got a slap on the wrist at most and blacks didn't understand what the fuss was about.
B) Blacks saw blacks being punished, while transgressions by whites got a slap on the wrist at most and whites didn't understand what the fuss was about.
C) Blacks believed that the punishment of the young men was correct and whites did not.
D) Whites wanted the cases dropped for all the boys and blacks wanted all the boys charged with more severe crimes

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The author states that "most black Americans saw the incident in Jena through the lens of their own racial conditioning. They saw a white establishment that continually gave white youths a slap on the wrist for transgressions but feigned shock and outrage when black youths did anything wrong." On the other hand, "most white Americans saw Jena through the lens of their own racial conditioning. They saw black youths who were getting away with everything and white youths being punished for something that they didn't see as a big deal." Therefore, option B best describes the differing interpretations of the incident.

According to the Textbook Author,blacks and Whites Interpreted the Jena,Louisiana