I don't mean to argue, but I think that young Master Kleban's "who win?" column is nothing more that a pile of P.C. poop. He hardly even approaches a point other than his fear that the school to appear on his future resume may have its financially valuable reputation tarnished.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being white, or being rich or going to expensive private schools. I do not see any reason why the lacrosse team needs to be ashamed of or distance themselves from their culture.
It seems that anyone nowadays can do drugs, be a ghost employee, plagiarize research and be a general pain in the a$$ with no repercussions. But we can't have anyone giving off the impression that they are self respecting, affluent, independent, tax paying rich folk without someone trying to rip them off or penalize them for it.
Have we devolved so far as to criminalize being non-hip-hop?
From David's column:
We are elite academia on trial--a perfect target.
The only reason the elite anything are targets of discredit is to bring them down a notch or two closer to the ignorant masses that allow travesties such as the lacrosse rape hoax to proceed...
It seems Master Kleban has concerned himself more with the impact of the various homogeneous "villages" involved instead of the tragic impact on the individuals. He has learned his Trinity lessons well.
I thought of that too. Kleban seems stuck on Duke's reputation as the most important casualty of the whole disaster. He seems to sweep what has happened to the team and especially the problems facing Collin, Reade and Dave under the carpet. He's sure they won't be convicted? I'm not. Jovanovic was convicted. Anything can happen. Besides, why should they have to go through a trial at all? The indictments never should have been brought.
Kleban does feel the case is baseless and criticizes those who rushed to judgement. I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he just doesn't understand what the players are going through. That's why I was very happy that Nina Zash posted a comment reminding everyone of that.
Ditto, bravo, and well said!