alleged duke rape case

[brianold]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12115147/sit.../from/RSS/

[kamille]

Mark Anthony Neal is actually an African American Studies professor at Duke University. In this piece, he uses the alleged Duke rape incident as a point of departure to discuss the intersection of race and gender, black protectionism and black respectability, among other things. I especially liked where he drew parallels with the pending case and the issues surrounding the use of Rosa Parks versus Miss Claudette Colvin to be the "respectable" figurehead of the bus boycott movements way back in the day. All good stuff.

http://www.popmatters.com/sports/feature...osse.shtml

[brianold]

kamille Wrote:Mark Anthony Neal is actually an African American Studies professor at Duke University. In this piece, he uses the alleged Duke rape incident as a point of departure to discuss the intersection of race and gender, black protectionism and black respectability, among other things. I especially liked where he drew parallels with the pending case and the issues surrounding the use of Rosa Parks versus Miss Claudette Colvin to be the "respectable" figurehead of the bus boycott movements way back in the day. All good stuff.

http://www.popmatters.com/sports/feature...osse.shtml

cant help but agree with that... i think it should be made clear who someone supports. then we eliminate the confusion of "hating on" someone or being percieved as doing so.

all people should stand for the poor and oppressed. period. but folks are hesitant to agree on such a simple declaration because they see situations where standing for someone more "moral" is strategically more effective.

time to throw out the strategy. we get so caught up in trying to predict the enemies attacks (verbal or otherwise) that we fail to stay on our path. all the prophets, etc, have made it very clear. we dont stand up for the "moral" person per se, those were not the instructions, we stand up for the poor and oppressed. I'm tired of paternal black folk concerned with our "image" dictating who we stand up for and when we stand up. We get too complex, when the question of "who and when" is quite clear and always has been. I realize it takes courage. And I realize that I probably shouldnt expect the revolution to be televised.