Whatever Happened to the Duke Rape Case?

Everyone in America likes to play the “victim card.” Whether you are a destitute victim of Hurricane Katrina or the President of the United States, chances are you are playing the victim card in some way. America’s seething elite white male population has latched onto the Duke rape case as its victim cause du jour. Flummoxed by the racial overtones of the case (negro wench accuses white gentlemen of heinous crime), leading conservatives have used the case, and the stripper, as a metaphor for black politics and self-destruction–even though most blacks are taking a “wait and see” approach.

“What we have here is an alleged 30-minute gang rape, plus brutal beating, taking place in a small bathroom by three men without condoms, at least two of whom supposedly ejaculated; a rape in which police found none of the defendants’ DNA on the supposed victim and none of hers in the bathroom. While the Times asserts that “experts say it is possible for a rapist to leave no DNA evidence,” it’s hard to imagine the crime alleged to have happened here leaving none.”

There are even some black people, like LaShawn Barber, making a living off of assuaging white anger about the case. Full-time cooning is a full-time industry for some folks, we know.

Though I (J) have no idea what took place in that house, I have no real sympathy for any of these fellows (sniffle, sniffle). Maybe now they’ll understand what others have been going through for centuries. Doubtful.