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Originally Posted by shinerbock
1) Sharpton played on the community, toying with people's emotions early on. Doesn't it bother you that people were protesting and angry with these boys, and that they were on the side of the "victim" just because she was black?
2) There is no substantial evidence that any of these boys racially insulted, demeaned, or ridiculed the stripper
3) There is actually scant evidence that there were racist overtones at all. The testimony of the other stripper should be heavily questioned, considering her inability to be truthful throughout the process. The best argument that these boys were racist is that they asked for at least one white stripper, but in my mind that doesn't indicate racism at all. A lot of white guys aren't attracted to black women, so if its their buck, they should get something that fits the uh...purpose.
4) As for the Imus-Al Sharpton comparison, you're right, there isn't one. Al Sharpton has done far more damage to racial relations in this country than Imus could possibly dream of. Crown Heights, anyone? The Duke situation is fairly typical, he comes into a volatile situation, stirs up anger and dissent, and then disappears and leaves a broken community to sort it out on their own. I don't blame him for everything that happened with the Duke situation, but he certainly doesn't help promote peace or understanding within communities.
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OK, Al Sharpton did not go to Durham to play on anyone's emotions, he went down there to ensure that justice would be done on behalf of the alleged victim. The media had been "trying" the victim from the very beginning of the case as if she was the one who had been accused of a crime. He went down there to defend her in the face of all the accusations being thrown her way. That's all. He didn't go down there to villify anybody or stir anything up. It was already stirred up when he got there. Durham has had long-standing racial tension among its citizens. There were a lot of factors that played into people thinking that the lacrosse players were guilty, such as their less than stellar reputation on campus. There were black and white people who believed they were guilty.
For the record, the other stripper never
testified to anything (the case never got to court). Furthermore, a neighbor backs up the claim about the racial remarks. Why aren't more people mad at the DA though? Why is Al your point of focus? When he found out that the DA had prosecuted this case without regard to evidence or ethics, he said on his radio show that the lacrosse players had a case against him. But that's not what you want to hear is it?
What I want to know is how is Al a racist? What have you actually heard or read (in quotation) that he said that was racist?
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