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Also, once many national players (so help me if Al Sharpton shows up) latch on to the issue, truth and justice are out the window.


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While I'm sure it'll be a media circus, it will likely be a drop in the bucket of the attention it would have gotten if this had been a predominately black team accused of brutalizing and raping a white woman.

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I don't know about that. The media would love to topple one of the biggest symbols/bastions of privelege/establishment, collegiate men's lacrosse, particularly at a top-notch school like Duke. This is life imitating art here, Tom Wolfe in particular.

African American leadership in this country is being seriously tested already. People are fuming over the Katrina debacle. Granted, this Duke thing is an isolated incident (if it's even true), but it will touch on many of the same themes.

The press seems to be tiptoeing so far. That will change as soon as more information comes out.