Statement from CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves:
"From the outset, I believe all of us have been deeply upset and revulsed by the statements that were made on our air about the young women who represented Rutgers University in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship with such class, energy and talent.
Those who have spoken with us the last few days represent people of goodwill from all segments of our society – all races, economic groups, men and women alike.
In our meetings with concerned groups, there has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society.
That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision, as have the many emails, phone calls and personal discussions we have had with our colleagues across the CBS Corporation and our many other constituencies.
I want to thank all those who came to see us to express their views. We are now presented with a significant opportunity to expand on our record on issues of diversity, race and gender. We intend to seize that opportunity as we move forward together.”
Now how the Duke episode is not the same.
These young women were on the court playing for a championship win in basketball.
The Duke player lacross players were involved in a party that involved strippers.
Now which one of these activity do you think was inappropriate for students on campus? Something happened at the party with the strippers. There was not enough evidence.
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ReplyDeleteGood to be back in your space. You know, you may be right that something happened at that party, but there's no way to know. Thing about it is, once that sister's story started shifting around, that was the end of it. To a small degree it reminds me of the Tawana Brawley affair from years back. Remember that? The lesson from that fiasco was that whenever you make accusations like that, please, please be telling the truth and have your facts straight. At the very least.
In a perverted way it's a good thing the Imus affair broke around this same time, because otherwise the national race-related discussion of the day might be on how these poor innocent university white boys from good upstanding white families were victimized by the heinous lies of a deranged black female of loose morals and subsequently sacrificed on the altar of PC. But because Imus was a much bigger "catch" news-wise, that angle got deflected.
I'm not saying this is the way it ought to go, just that it's the way it is. Sure, a stripper at a college party is naughty. And it also happens all the time. A black stripper at a white male party who claimed rape is what shot this one to the headlines.
Anyway, I've rambled enough. I dig your site and your views, and will definitely be back.