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Among the issues the Brodhead's investigative panels will examine is the alleged use of racist language by members of the lacrosse team. Durham's population is equally divided between blacks and whites, but only 11 percent of Duke's 6,200 undergraduates are black _ although that figure has about doubled in the past two decades.

It's "only" 11% when you compare it to Durham, which is ridiculous. Duke is a national school, the national black population is 13%. 11% is pretty close to that, and better than a lot of other schools. That's not even going into the number of Asians, around 20% or Hispanics, around 6%. So-called lily white Duke is less than two-thirds white. How many whites go to NCCU while Durham is half white?

I went to Duke with some of the athletes, and the racial climate was fine. People got around well for the most part, certainly not any less than in other colleges.