Feelings were bruised the other day in what many folks think was a cheap shot aimed at women in general. I should apologize for not making myself clear from the gate since I may have cost this site some of our much needed sponsorship. In the ever evolving debacle at Duke University there is a convergence of several themes that have been opined here at this website just in the last few months.
I hope this post can clarify my thoughts and hopefully those of the management at this website. Part of my mission when I joined the staff at DALLASPENN.COM was to take my provacative viewpoints to a wider audience for their perusal. I have a unique understanding of supremacy, racism, sexism, economics, classism and of course the light green ism, which comes from years of life in New York and the repeated failed attempts at completing the requirements necessary for obtaining an undergraduate degree.
So with that established I can proudly say that I know everything and simultaneously agree that I know nothing whatsoever. I speak the first random thought that comes to my mind and then I attempt to frame an argument around that thought. There have been hits and there have been misses. My goal is to hit safely as many times as possible. In the event that I strike out, I return to the sideline with the hope that I might receive another chance to redeem myself later in the game. To wit, I now return to the table with appended thoughts and notions about the criminal and civil proceedings in Durham, North Carolina that have impassioned so many of the users of the internets.
I never liked the Blue Devils. I hate their nickname and I hate their mascot. It seems to be such a sacrilege, but I understand that these feelings are mostly steeped in emotions. Yes, the university was founded on supremacy, but what in America wasn’t?!? I hated Duke because I hated DANNY FERRY, BOBBY HURLEY and GRANT HILL (who wore that flattop waaaaaay past its due date). I hate the coach of the men’s basketbal team too because of his wanton waste of consonants in his last name. I bet there are Black folks right there in Durham that could use a consonant or two to break up their vowel laden surnames, but noooooo, Coach K has them all. I despise people that have the free time to paint themselves instead of using their spring break to maybe help paint a house in Louisiana. But I am smart enough to understand that those are choices that people decide to make and chances that they opt not to take.
I have equal revulsion for people who choose to raise children in the shadow of criminal activities. My mother was on welfare while she attended college and completed her undergrad degree. She never once had to succumb to the lure of selling narcotics or her body in order to put food in her home. Attending college engenders the actual student with, if nothing else, the ideals and values that your journey is as important as your goal. If you don’t understand that much then you are definitely in the wrong school. Is money so important that you would forsake your children to the state while you were incarcerated because your pursuit of money led you into a life of crime? That isn’t good parenting. That is being greedy, selfish and childish. I would expect that much from a late teenage college student, not from an almost thirty year old mother of two.
There will never be an excuse or permission for the rape or assualt of another human. Whether it be perpetrated by man against woman, woman against woman or in the highly publicized instance when Long Island teenage boys assaulted their male peers in a fraternized and ritualized hazing incident. Rape is a crime of brutality, force and power. The case out of Durham was so rabidly sensational because it reflected the history of American supremacy. Many of us are too young to remember the stories of the ‘Night Rides’ that took place all throughout the south and midwest United States, where bands of terrorists would disguise themselves with faceless hoods in order to pillage Black communities. Too many people wanted to believe that this instance was a new millenium ‘Night Ride’.
When in truth what this case is really about is a multi-layered criminal fiasco which began with a group of men paying $400 for two exotic dancers. When one of these men wanted to live out his fantasy he found out that the price for a small taste of heaven in fact wasn’t cheap. He may have tried to swipe his daddy’s ATM card in the escort lady’s rear, but that technique only works in NELLY videos so he became irate. The escort then decided to leave the gathering altogether. That should have been the end of the story, but instead this seasoned professional was coaxed back into the home she just left. This is a courageous move since she must have realized that her hosts were quite inebriated and also quite young. The escort however, was game, and she must have felt like like she could command these young athletes like so many of her other clients before them. It turns out that she could not control these young boys and she should thank GOD that her children are able to see her alive again.
The crime of prostitution and soliciting prostituion is a misdemeanor. The escort and any member of the team that explicitly solicited her for sex should be charged with the crime. If convicted, the escort should surrender her children to the supervision of the state for a period of time not greater than 12 months provided she undergoes counseling treatments. Any member of the team convicted of solicitation should be suspended from the university for a semester and be remanded of his NCAA eligibility for that period of time.
The crime of assault and battery is a felony and is punishable by conviction. Any members of the team that are convicted of this crime should be banned from the university and NCAA competition.
The crime of rape carries even stricter penalties when it is carried out by a group or gang of perpetrators. Any members of the team convicted of this charge should face the maximum penalties as permitted by law as well as banishment from the university and NCAA competition.
We are never going to know the actual truth about this case, but some credit should be given to the Duke University lacrosse team member that provided the police with this shitbags’ e-mail transmission.
