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FIRE ALL 87 of them
In the spring of 2006, the Duke community was rocked by terrible news. We heard that a woman hired to perform at a party thrown by our lacrosse team had accused members of the team of raping her. Neighbors, we were told, heard racial epithets called out at the woman as she departed the party. The criminal proceedings and the media frenzy which followed are perhaps beginning to wind down. For us at Duke, the issues raised by the incident, and by our community's responses to it, are not.
In April, a group of Duke faculty members published an advertisement in The Chronicle. The ad, titled "What does a Social Disaster Sound Like?" was mostly a compilation of statements made by Duke students in response to the incident and its immediate aftermath. This ad has figured in many discussions of the event and of the University's response. It has been broadly, and often intentionally, misread. We urge everyone to read the original ad, available at http://listening.nfshost.com/listening.htm. We have. Some of us were among the ad's signers.
The ad has been read as a comment on the alleged rape, the team party, or the specific students accused. Worse, it has been read as rendering a judgment in the case. We understand the ad instead as a call to action on important, longstanding issues on and around our campus, an attempt to channel the attention generated by the incident to addressing these. We reject all attempts to try the case outside the courts, and stand firmly by the principle of the presumption of innocence.
As a statement about campus culture, the ad deplores a "Social Disaster," as described in the student statements, which feature racism, segregation, isolation, and sexism as ongoing problems before the scandal broke, exacerbated by the heightened tensions in its immediate aftermath. The disaster is the atmosphere that allows sexism, racism, and sexual violence to be so prevalent on campus. The ad's statement that the problem "won't end with what the police say or the court decides" is as clearly true now as it was then. Whatever its conclusions, the legal process will not resolve these problems.
The ad thanked "the students speaking individually and...the protesters making collective noise." We do not endorse every demonstration that took place at the time. We appreciate the efforts of those who used the attention the incident generated to raise issues of discrimination and violence.
There have been public calls to the authors to retract the ad or apologize for it, as well as calls for action against them and attacks on their character. We reject all of these. We think the ad's authors were right to give voice to the students quoted, whose suffering is real. We also acknowledge the pain that has been generated by what we believe is a misperception that the authors of the ad prejudged the rape case.
We stand by the claim that issues of race and sexual violence on campus are real, and we join the ad's call to all of us at Duke to do something about this. We hope that the Duke community will emerge from this tragedy as a better place for all of us to live, study, and work.
Click for list of Concerned Faculty
Cowards all.
They are trying to do some damage control. They may be feeling the heat from the impending lawsuits they may be party to.
If these "professors" can't even write an article that conveys what they "really think" without being "misunderstood" then they should be doing something else. Educating requires being able to communicate...
You be the Judge:
An Open Letter to the Duke Community
In the spring of 2006, the Duke community was rocked by terrible news. We heard that a woman hired to perform at a party thrown by our lacrosse team had accused members of the team of raping her. Neighbors, we were told, heard racial epithets called out at the woman as she departed the party. The criminal proceedings and the media frenzy which followed are perhaps beginning to wind down. For us at Duke, the issues raised by the incident, and by our community's responses to it, are not.
In April, a group of Duke faculty members published an advertisement in The Chronicle. The ad, titled "What does a Social Disaster Sound Like?" was mostly a compilation of statements made by Duke students in response to the incident and its immediate aftermath. This ad has figured in many discussions of the event and of the University's response. It has been broadly, and often intentionally, misread. We urge everyone to read the original ad, available at http://listening.nfshost.com/listening.htm. We have. Some of us were among the ad's signers.
The ad has been read as a comment on the alleged rape, the team party, or the specific students accused. Worse, it has been read as rendering a judgment in the case. We understand the ad instead as a call to action on important, longstanding issues on and around our campus, an attempt to channel the attention generated by the incident to addressing these. We reject all attempts to try the case outside the courts, and stand firmly by the principle of the presumption of innocence.
As a statement about campus culture, the ad deplores a "Social Disaster," as described in the student statements, which feature racism, segregation, isolation, and sexism as ongoing problems before the scandal broke, exacerbated by the heightened tensions in its immediate aftermath. The disaster is the atmosphere that allows sexism, racism, and sexual violence to be so prevalent on campus. The ad's statement that the problem "won't end with what the police say or the court decides" is as clearly true now as it was then. Whatever its conclusions, the legal process will not resolve these problems.
The ad thanked "the students speaking individually and...the protesters making collective noise." We do not endorse every demonstration that took place at the time. We appreciate the efforts of those who used the attention the incident generated to raise issues of discrimination and violence.
There have been public calls to the authors to retract the ad or apologize for it, as well as calls for action against them and attacks on their character. We reject all of these. We think the ad's authors were right to give voice to the students quoted, whose suffering is real. We also acknowledge the pain that has been generated by what we believe is a misperception that the authors of the ad prejudged the rape case.
We stand by the claim that issues of race and sexual violence on campus are real, and we join the ad's call to all of us at Duke to do something about this. We hope that the Duke community will emerge from this tragedy as a better place for all of us to live, study, and work.
-http://www.concerneddukefaculty.org/
Does anyone know if the "original" ad accessed by the link in the letter is an accurate representation of that ad?
For later. Thanks.
"Liberal professors believe that crying wolf is valuable for calling attention to the societal problem of wolves, even though there's never a wolf in any particular case. Evidently, awareness of an alleged societal ill — of which we have no actual examples — is worth ruining the lives of three innocent people."
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi
oops, Oh yes I almost forgot the obligatory pic when one mentions or quotes Ann:
Libtards are never wrong.
The problem is that in the academic world, the one thing they will not do is to admit they are wrong. These guys will go to their graves never admitting they were wrong.
Sexual misbehaviour is a real problem, there's too much testosterone on campus for us little weenies to feel safe?
These liberal socialist faculty weenies are amazing, I am sure they would attempt to die politically correct, with recycling logos on each of their coffins, along with various pro-feminist bumper stickers.
They lack a genuine sense of justice and are overwhelmingly ignorant , for people who are supposedly scholars. They seek to cling to their putrid sense of justice, even when the facts are glaring in their faces,refusing to abandon a lost cause because of a misapplied liberal socialist ideology.
The victim was not raped, had the semen of 2 men on her underwear, neither of which matched the accuseds DNA. So someone has to be blamed? She was not kidnapped, but was there of her own free will, and actually left when she wanted to leave.Full stop.So STFU!
As far as the victim is concerned, the condition of her sexual equipment was likely that way 4 days out of every week, just another evening at the office. So if its social justice the faculty wants, then contribute 50% of their faculty salaries to the victim, so she doesn't have to be a hooker, put your money where your mouth is DUKE faculty!
One of the things I truly dislike about liberals is the fact that none of them are adult enough, or brave enough to admit when they are wrong. No, they would rather act like 5 year olds in kindergarten than supposed mature adults. Even when it destroys innocent boys lives, it is far more important to them and their elitist egos to keep the facade going that they are right rather than doing the right thing: Apologize
Ever notice how liberals demand everyone else apologize for all things wrong, but they will never EVER apologize for their actions. They will apologize for things like what their country did, or what mankind did, but their own actions? They are perfect so why apologize.
Explain it to the jury at your civil trial, Billy.
Anyone got a list of the 87 idiots?
TRANSLATION: "All 88 of us are going to get sued. Big time."