http://www.cornellamerican.com/article/194/
The Cornell American
Lifestyles of the Rich and White
Editorial by: Andrew Gioia on February 3rd, 2007 at 8:58 AM
Despite all of the obvious wealth, status, power, and privilege these men hold, however, they still remain charged for kidnapping and sexual offense—apparently all it takes is one woman crying rape and a maniac district attorney to cancel out all of that whiteness.
For almost a year now, every time I thought the Duke lacrosse case couldn’t get any more ridiculous it consistently proved me wrong. From the very first false accusations of rape and kidnapping thrown at members of the team, the only things to come out of it have been trumped up race issues and shameless dishonesty, and all at the expense of three men who happened to be white.
What many in North Carolina wanted was the high-profile gang rape of a young, victimized black woman by privileged, racist white males to confirm what everyone suspects—blatant “prejudice and inequality in the society at large.” Fortunately for them, all it took was one woman crying “rape” and a district attorney, Mike Nifong, who would stop at nothing to advance his own career.
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http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/22517.html
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In April 2006, threee members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team were accused of raping a black stripper, Crystal Gail Mangum, during a March 13 party held at an off-campus residence. Three players, David Evans, Reade Seligmann, and Collin Finnerty, were charged with forcible rape, first degree sexual offense, and kidnapping. The Duke Lacrosse program was immediately suspended for the remainder of the 2006 season. However, the three players and their families were about to get a lesson in racial politics and the workings of our criminal justice system that no political science course at Duke could ever have taught. But, as the saying goes, there was good news and there was bad news. First, the bad news: 2006 was an election year in North Carolina and Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, a Democrat, was in the midst of a tough primary battle. He needed the support of Durham’s large African American community, and what better way to lock it up than to prosecute a high profile rape case in which the alleged perpetrators were three rich white college students and the victim was a single black mother, struggling to make ends meet? The good news was that the long media obsession with the disappearance of Alabama high school student Natalee Hollaway, in Aruba, had reached the saturation point and the 24-hour cable/satellite news networks were looking for a new story.
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