Posted on 06/27/2007 9:16:51 AM PDT by FreeManDC
The three lacrosse players have been declared innocent, Duke University has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement, and Michael Nifong's law license has been yanked. But unfinished business remains.
Three weeks after Crystal Gail Mangum made her false allegations of rape, 88 Duke professors ran an advertisement in the student newspaper asking, What Does a Social Disaster Sound Like?
The rambling April 6, 2006 statement lamented, "...no one is really talking about how to keep the young woman herself central to this conversation, how to keep her humanity before us." But no mention was made about the humanity of three male students falsely accused of rape.
Worse, the professors' manifesto used the logic of the lynch mob, fostering the notion that since a Black woman claimed to be a victim of rape, everyone at Duke was now tinged with racism: "We go to class with racist classmates, we go to gym with people who are racists. It's part of the experience."
Exactly who are the members of the Duke 88 and what is their agenda?
The most vitriolic member of the bunch was professor Houston Baker, who repeatedly indulged in racist and sexist claims. In his letter to Duke provost Peter Lange, Baker charged, "Young, white, violent, drunken men among us - implicitly boasted by our athletic directors and administrators - have injured lives."
Young, violent, drunken men among us - Dr. Baker, that's the language of the KKK, not of a university teacher.
Karla Holloway, chair of the university's Race Subcommittee, justified her membership in the Duke 88 because she desired to express her support for "all" students at Duke. When asked whether her support for all students included the beleaguered lacrosse players, she refused to answer.
When Crystal Gail Mangum changed her story for the umpteenth time and the case had more holes than the frayed netting of a lacrosse stick, the Duke 88 fell back on their neo-Marxist slogans and stereotypes.
History professor William Chafe made the claim that "Sex and race have always interacted in a vicious chemistry of power, privilege, and control." Somehow Dr. Chafe forgot his history lessons about the notorious case of the Scottsboro Boys, the nine Black teenagers who were falsely accused of rape in 1931.
Wahneema Lubiano outrageously argued the lacrosse players were probably guilty since they were "the exemplars of the upper end of the class hierarchy, the politically dominant race and ethnicity, the dominant gender, the dominant sexuality, and the dominant social group on campus."
Rich, white, male, and heterosexual - yep, guilty as charged.
So when the DNA tests failed to link Mangum to any of the lacrosse players, Lubiano pooh-poohed the news as part of a "demand for perfect evidence on the part of the defenders of the team."
Likewise, professor Thavolia Glymph fretted the DNA results would cause the Duke 88's crusade to transform the campus to start "moving backwards."
And even after her radical leftist colleagues fell under withering criticism, Gang of 88 member Paula McClain refused to express remorse. "I'm not going to be intimidated into modulating speech," she retorted.
And for real entertainment, a visit to the websites of the Duke 88 provides a revealing glimpse into the mindset of these academic elites.
Like professor Kathy Rudy's website that reports she is "Currently workig on a new project critiquing animal rights from speciesist persective."
Speciesist perspective? Workig?? Thank goodness this black-gowned agitator is teaching women's studies, not English spelling and grammar.
And literature professor Antonio Viego, whose website proudly announces he specializes in "queer ethnic studies and lesbian and gay theory." Parents, have you ever wondered where your $34,000 tuition money is going?
The Duke 88 advertisement marked a critical turning point in the Mangum rape case. It condoned the actions of the campus potbangers, hardened racial divisions in the Durham community, and provided fodder for Michael Nifong's re-election campaign.
And just 12 days after their statement came out, two members of the lacrosse team were arrested on charges of rape, first degree sexual offense, and kidnapping. A month later, a third player was indicted.
A year later, these young men have been declared innocent and a semblance of normalcy restored to their lives. But their names and reputations are forever associated with a heinous crime.
Meanwhile, the identities of the Duke 88 remain unknown to the public, their deed of infamy hidden behind the cloak of anonymity and plausible deniability.
So let it be said that these 88 men and women acted in a scurrilous manner to foster race hysteria, inflame gender relationships, and trample on the due process protections for three men falsely accused of the crime of rape:
1. Stan Abe - Art, Art History, and Visual Studies 2. Benjamin Albers - University Writing Program 3. Anne Allison - Cultural Anthropology 4. Srinivas Aravamudan - English 5. Houston Baker - English and African & African-American Studies 6. Lee Baker - Cultural Anthropology 7. Christine Beaule - University Writing Program 8. Sarah Beckwith - English 9. Paul Berliner - Music 10. Connie Blackmore - African & African-American Studies 11. Jessica Boa - Religion & University Writing Program 12. Mary T. Boatwright - Classical Studies 13. Silvia Boero - Romance Studies 14. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva - Sociology 15. Matthew Brim - University Writing Program 16. William Chafe - History 17. Leo Ching - Asian & African Languages 18. Rom Coles - Political Science 19. Miriam Cooke - Asian & African Languages 20. Michaeline Crichlow - African & African-American Studies 21. Kim Curtis - Political Science 22. Leslie Damasceno - Romance Studies 23. Cathy Davidson - English 24. Sarah Deutsch - History 25. Ariel Dorfman - Literature & Latin American Studies 26. Laura Edwards - History 27. Grant Farred - Literature 28. Luciana Fellini - Romance Studies 29. Mary McClintock Fulkerson - Divinity School 30. Esther Gabara - Romance Studies 31. Raymond Gavins - History 32. Meg Greer - Romance Studies 33. Thavolia Glymph - History 34. Michael Hardt - Literature 35. Joseph Harris - University Writing Program 36. Karla Holloway - English 37. Bayo Holsey - African & African-American Studies 38. Mary Hovsepian - Sociology 39. Sherman James - Public Policy 40. Alice Kaplan - Literature 41. Keval Kaur Khalsa - Dance Program 42. Ranjana Khanna - English 43. Ashley King - Romance Studies 44. Claudia Koonz - History 45. Peter Lasch - Art, Art History 46. Dan A. Lee - Math 47. Pat Leighten - Art, Art History, and Visual Studies 48. Frank Lentricchia - Literature 49. Caroline Light - Institute for Critical U.S. Studies 50. Marcy Litle - Comparative Area Studies 51. Ralph Litzinger - Cultural Anthropology 52. Michele Longino - Romance Studies 53. Wahneema Lubiano - African & African-American Studies and Literature 54. Kenneth Maffitt - History 55. Jason Mahn - University Writing Program 56. Anne-Maria Makhulu - African & African-American Studies 57. Lisa Mason - Surgical Unit-2100 58. Paula McClain - Political Science 59. Louise Meintjes - Music 60. Walter Mignolo - Literature and Romance Studies 61. Alberto Moreiras - Romance Studies 62. Mark Anthony Neal - African & African-American Studies 63. Diane Nelson - Cultural Anthropology 64. Jolie Olcott - History 65. Liliana Parades - Romance Studies 66. Charles Payne - African & African-American Studies and History 67. Charlotte Pierce-Baker - Women's Studies 68. Wilma Pebles-Wilkins 69. Arlie Petters - Math 70. Ronen Plesser - Physics 71. Jan Radway - Literature 72. Tom Rankin - Center for Documentary Studies 73. Marcia Rego - University Writing Program 74. Deborah S. Reisinger - Romance Studies 75. Alex Rosenberg - Philosophy 76. Kathy Rudy - Women's Studies 77. Marc Schachter - English 78. Laurie Shannon - English 79. Pete Sigal - History 80. Irene Silverblatt - Cultural Anthropology 81. Fiona Somerset - English 82. Rebecca Stein - Cultural Anthropology 83. Susan Thorne - History 84. Antonio Viego - Literature 85. Teresa Vilaros - Romance Studies 86. Priscilla Wald - English 87. Maurice Wallace - English and African & African-American Studies 88. David Wong - Philosophy
Arrogance from the self appointed elite has no remorse.
I would bet that 50% or more of those on the list still believe that rape story and all this was a rich whitey cover-up scheme........
Paula McClain refused to express remorse. "I'm not going to be intimidated into modulating speech," she retorted.
Too much modulat'n go'n on out dere.
Being liberal means never having to say “I was wrong”, just another fake but accurate story.
How many professors of “Romance studies” can one university have?!!
The names of these 88 racist bigots should be read aloud on Rush and Hannity and Beck’s show every May 1, Law Day. They need to have their infamous indictment of the men of Duke turned against their own careers.
They consider it a job qualification to be proof against facts and logic.
Patronizing jopurnalism; and blatantly obvious to boot!
Looking through the list of 88 to find the most obvious "culturally sensitive" names and then getting quotes so as to make the paper appear "diverse" and "culturally sensitive" themselves.
Credibility? None!
And the other 50% say "punish them anyway because of all the past injustices".
Ranjana KhannaWorst English instructor ever.
That's the same newspaper where the Gang of 88 published their bigoted ad. Only ours will go in a special edition of The Chronicle which will go to all the parents' homes as well as on campus.
The heart of this ad is a full reprint, exactly as published, of Dr. Thomas Sowell's "Unfinished Business," which attacked the Duke faculty and administration for their faults, above and beyond those of the disbarred DA, Michael Nifong.
If you think this is a good idea, please click the link below and let your conscience be your guide.
Congressman Billybob
Non-productive members of society teaching non-productive grieveance courses. Worse than useless, they are small-minded misanthropes who’s skillset qualifies them to be on a street corner with a tin cup.
The new term for KKK is JJJ - Jesse Jackson Junkies
Let’s forward this this everyone on our mailing lists!
Houston Baker is a lunatic. I read one of his books last semester for a paper I had to write, and his contempt for white folks was palpable, so this doesn’t surprise me in the least.
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Unfortunately, I live and breathe in this world of academia as a graduate student in English, so I know the mentality of these people. Most of them are man-hating feminists who see every male as a potential sexist, racist, or rapist. Hell, even some of the guys in the my department call themselves “feminists” and disassociate themselves from anything masculine, like sports.
Let’s say I’m standing outside with one of my male colleagues and a pretty girl walks by. Now, you can elbow most red-blooded men in the ribs and talk about how you think she’s pretty. But these male feminists refuse to “objectify” women by commenting on their physical appearance.
Men feel guilty about being men! It drives me crazy! That’s why, when I get my Master’s degree, I am OUT of this f’ing place. I’ve had my fill of white liberal guilt, enough to last two lifetimes. And by the way, my school is in Oklahoma, so I can’t even imagine what a New England school or DUKE might be like.
There will be a backlash from the American white male eventually.........The Lowe’s commercial may be just a start.........
She is both a bigot and a fool. She is unfit to teach anywhere, and yet she is tenured at Duke. It is IMPERATIVE that we take the fight to people like this, on their home turf. If you have not already considered this, please pause now, right now, and click the link below.
Thank you for your interest,
Congressman Billybob
On the Faculty, I suppose.
Hardly surprising. What do the Feminist Women look like?
Why else would they be so frustrated and bitter, other than they have to compete with men for the women..
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