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Rape Through Race-Colored Glasses -- Duke and the Naval Academy

by New AmRape Through Racerican Media (reposted)
Did I call this one, or did I call this one?

Several BlackAmericaWeb.com columns ago, I predicted that, sooner rather than later, a man either not white or not rich or not white AND not rich would be falsely accused of rape. I further predicted that the gaggle of conservative pundits and commentators — in print and broadcast media — who have defended the three Duke lacrosse players accused of raping a black stripper would not say one word in that man’s defense.
Lamar Owens was acquitted of rape charges last week. You didn’t hear about it? Didn’t I tell you that?

You sure as heck didn’t hear about it from the likes of Thomas Sowell, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson. All these guys have wailed loud and long about how the Duke lacrosse players charged in the alleged rape of a black stripper got a raw deal. All three of the lacrosse players charged are white. At least one of them comes from a family with, as the saying goes, deep pockets.

Owens is black. He’s a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy who was the quarterback of Navy’s winning football team last year. This spring, one of his female classmates at the Naval Academy accused Owens of raping her while she was passed out drunk. At no time during his trial did you hear a peep from the likes of Sowell, Limbaugh, Hannity or Carlson.

You should have. There are similarities between what happened at Duke and what happened on the campus of the Naval Academy, as well as some glaring differences.

In both cases, there was booze, young men and young women of college age. I’ve said it more than once. I’ll say it again: the combination of these three things has led to more than one charge of either an actual rape or a false accusation of rape.

In both cases, celebrated athletes were involved. It is here that the similarities end.

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