To my thinking the biggest villain in this whole picture is the ordinary racist idiot living in or around Durham NC who was part of the 95% black vote which returned the Fong to office after the parameters of this story were fairly well known. Duke needs to get rid of Brodhead and the 88 super losers, and then move. No parent in his right mind would send a kid to ANY school within 30 miles of Durham NC at this point.
"To my thinking the biggest villain in this whole picture is the ordinary racist idiot living in or around Durham NC who was part of the 95% black vote which returned the Fong to office after the parameters of this story were fairly well known."
Bulls-eye.
I have been saying this all along. While Nifong grossly and repeatedly abused his power, and should not only be disbarred but jailed, his heinous actions were driven by his correct perception of the political capital to be gained by going after white boys....especially "rich" white boys from Duke. The racist environment of Durham is the fuel that made this whole thing go.
"Duke needs to get rid of Brodhead and the 88 super losers, and then move."
Won't happen, but if you want to see a weak, quivering academic melting under even a tiny bit of pressure, catch the coward Brodhead on a replay of his 60 Minutes appearance from a couple of months ago. I doubt he has been able to form a solid stool since.
"No parent in his right mind would send a kid to ANY school within 30 miles of Durham NC at this point."
For a variety of reasons, at this time, no parent in his right mind should send their child to ANY of the "elite" American universities.