| Nominee for worst prediction about the case; "Richard Brodhead will emerge as 'true hero' | |
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| Quasimodo | Mar 11 2010, 06:17 PM Post #1 |
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HAT TIP : JOHN IN CAROLINA http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/24/AR2006042401395.html Tough Questions in Durham By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, April 25, 2006; [TWO WEEKS AFTER DNA HAD PROVEN THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE PLAYERS...] (snip) That's the basic scenario, and it's impossible to avoid thinking of all the black women who were violated by drunken white men in the American South over the centuries. The master-slave relationship, the tradition of droit du seigneur , the use of sexual possession as an instrument of domination -- all this ugliness floods the mind, unbidden, and refuses to leave. [Whatever has that got to do with the present case, unless to demonstrate that a fair and impartial jury could not be found in Durham? Thanks, btw, for comparing innocent Duke students, with drunken rapists, slave holders, and French noblemen using the droit du seigneur. And yes, heaven forfend I should refer to Crystal as anything other than an "exotic dancer".] (SNIP) The university's president, Richard H. Brodhead, may emerge from this awful mess as a true hero, because he seems to understand the need to deal not only with the specific allegations but with the context and the questions as well. In an extraordinary letter to the Duke community, Brodhead noted that some troubling issues have suddenly been brought to "glaring visibility" and must be dealt with. "...They include concerns about the survival of the legacy of racism, the most hateful feature American history has produced. . . . [They] include concerns about the deep structures of inequality in our society . . . and the attitudes of superiority those inequalities breed." [And what does bringing up that 'legacy' have to do with the instant case--except to prove that the jury pool is being poisoned?] (SNIP) Edited by Quasimodo, Mar 11 2010, 06:22 PM.
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