[OakOak]

WARNING: Get a BOX of TISSURES before reading this!

Another Media article contrasting the Hard working people of Durham and the hard working students at NCCU to the evil , white, privleged partiers at Duke.

IMO, the WASH POST explains her life (she had no choice you see) and outlines how anyone faced with the same circumstances would become a stripper and a charged felon.

[dr_who_2]

Symbols are very important...to people who find rational thought to be too exhausting.

[dr_who_2]

"You can modify a time stamp," said sophomore Janera Federick. "Digital photos can be manipulated. I watch 'Law & Order.'

[DB]

This isn't about race or class, it is about truth and justice.

Too bad the latter are so unimportant these days...

[ncountylee]

Often wondered where "Human Resource's" personnel were educated (using the term loosely).

[BunnySlippers]

I thought blacks were really atuned to a "rush to judgment".

[ansel12]

" "It's like they can't believe that any white man could rape a black woman."


We're always told what to think , but wouldn't be easier to just give us the numbers.

What are the numbers for non-hispanic white rape of black females, and black rape of white females?

[opinionator]

These people want to lynch those Duke boys. How times have changed.

[lt.america]

This case smelled so badly of unethical politics that I couldn't stand to watch it unfold.

[Enterprise]

(Based on Peter Paul And Mary IF I HAD A HAMMER lyrics)

If I were a stripper,
I'd be strippin' in the morning
I'd be strippin' in the evening,
All over this land
I'd strip despite danger,
I'd yell you a warning,
I'd strip about sex between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I wore some bells,
I'd tingle in the morning,
I'd tingle in the evening,
All over this land
I'd tingle 'bout danger,
I'd tingle you a warning
I'd tingle 'bout sex between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I stripped to a song,
I'd be strippin' in the morning,
I'd be strippin ' in the evening,
All over this land
I'd strip despite danger,
I'd yell you a warning
I'd strip about sex between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

Well I went and got hammered,
And I tinkled like a bell,
And I got a bong to smoke, all over this land.
It's the hammer of vodka,
It's the tinkle of too much beer,
It's the strippin' about sex between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

[First_Salute]

I believe, that the lesson for all involved in this case, is to step back and be thankful, for having been warned that the path they were on, was wrong.

That applies to the district attorney, and to the complainants, and to the young men at the party: Forgive each other.

Instead, now, take the path of improving themselves, obtaining and maintaining good principles which are the bases of good conduct, and go in peace.

God Bless

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Kristiana Bennett, a junior with a child and a part-time job, knows what that means. Between classes, she uses the phone to check on her son at day care. They live in a Section 8 apartment off campus. Once, in a financially desperate moment, Bennett considered dancing at an adult club -- $400 in a night compared with the $11 an hour she earned caring for an elderly woman. Ultimately, Bennett decided she couldn't do it. But that feeling of desperation is what made her relate to the accuser, whom she had met only in passing earlier this year.

"We are the same age," Bennett said. "Both of us are single mothers. And both of us are poor."

Becoming a young unwed mother is the single biggest correlative factor with remaining mired in poverty.

Perhaps it is irresponsible of these young women to have children outside of marriage?

Naaaaah, couldn't be that.

[Bahbah]

Kristiana Bennett is a reporter for the Campus Echo, NCCU's student newspaper....Bennett spoke with neighbors [of the accuser]. One told of a barbecue where the woman behaved in an unflattering manner. Bennett could not bring herself to include the details in the article for her paper.

Ms. Bennett has a future with the Washington Post or the NYT. We don't print any facts that don't fit with our action line.

[NCjim]

Ping

[RepoGirl]

"Digital photos can be manipulated. I watch 'Law & Order."

Yeah, and aliens eat cats. I used to watch ALF.

[L98Fiero]

I'm a bit sad to say this case has shown me a light I didn't want to see. This is what "black" institutions do. Ferment hate against whites. Nobody in their right mind can look at what is known about this case and not question the accuser. That is, unless they want to use it as an excuse to hurt some white folks.

[hershey]

Duke has deep pockets. Somewhere in all this there must be a way for the alleged 'victim' to sue Duke...an ongoing climate of hate and racial intimidation? That should work.

[Vision]

Rest assured, we will not rest until justice is done, especially the strong brothers

Is this that funny ebonics stuff people talk about?

[kalee]

No tissues needed here. I live about 30 mi from Durham and am waiting for Nifong to release the new DNA tets. He said he would do so after the election, but he's being awfully quiet now that he won.

[robertpaulsen]

"Things fell apart when the woman met another man. The couple separated, and she became pregnant."

Well, yes, but not in that order.

[traumer]

"We are the same age," Bennett said. "Both of us are single mothers. And both of us are poor."

..... and we are victims