Race Matters 2

Anyone who believes the two stories of the Duke University lacrosse players and the probably temporary professional demise of Don Imus are not interrelated need to take another look at the cases.

Both cases involved a rush to judgment against rich white guys, and this rush was promoted by those famous racial provocateurs, Rev. Al (convicted for defaming an innocent man) Sharpton and Rev. Jesse (Hymietown) Jackson. In both cases, the white guys were the victims of professional media-mob lynchings stirred up by the aforementioned reverends.

Regarding the Duke case, take a look at the well thought out piece by Peter Applebome in the Sunday (4/15) New York Times Metro section. Applebome gets it just right as he points to the reverse racism evidenced by a black minority, unwilling to let the evidence come forward for examination before hanging the innocent. Also guilty are the leftist academics and women’s groups who did nothing less than hoist the players off the ground once the rope was placed around the players’ collective neck. Of course, directing the old heave-ho was district attorney Nifong, who suppressed exonerating evidence. Nifong issued a legalistic non-apology apology for his actions. He should not only lose his license, but also spend some time as a guest of the state.

I was stunned this morning while watching ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopolis. His two female panelists, including Democratic Party operative Donna Brazile, stated that they had “mixed feelings” about the end of the Duke story. “Mixed feelings”? I was flabbergasted. What did these women not learn from the story? A horrendous mistake was made by many in the media, academia, and various “rights” organizations, and they say they have “mixed feelings”?