Sunday, February 25, 2007

The Other Duke Rape Case

DURHAM - Police made an arrest Monday in connection with a Duke University freshman's allegation that she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus party earlier this month.

The 18-year-old accuser told investigators she was sexually assaulted about 3 a.m. in a bathroom. She went to Duke University Hospital, according to police radio reports.

I hadn't heard of this story - but that may be because it involved a white girl at a black fraternity.

The story mentions no Duke professors issuing statements condemning the fraternity party at which the rape allegedly occurred. In the lacrosse case, the media almost always reported the race of the accused students. In the article above the News & Observer has gone out of its way not to report the race of the suspect.

Ah, the color game we continue to play. I think I'll quit now before I'm accused of racism.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't see any mention in the article of the race of the victim. So that was your first mistake.

Secondly, I think even you would admit there is a difference between some scumbag who isn't even enrolled at a university and a slew of college athletes at a major university.

If you can't see why the media would cover them differently, then you just don't understand how the media works.

2/26/2007 8:37 AM
Malott said...

I read that the girl was white on Betsy Newmark's Blog. No credibility problem there.

The link to the University was that the alledged incident took place at a fraternity function.

I know exactly why the media, the D.A. and the college professors handled it differently - and so do you. A black young man and a white girl?

The case against the athletes was both a "Bonfire of the Vanities" moment, and a racial-paypack episode.

Sans politics, the second case is being handled appropriately.

2/26/2007 2:00 PM

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