What? *Our* media perpetuate a racist, sexist view of a rape survivor? I'm shocked!
Nubian points out one of the many ways in which the Duke rape case is bring told with inherent racism and sexism: comparing this women's story to that of Tawana Brawley.
A quote:
"when the media and other folks continue to compare her story to tawana's, they yet again, reinforce the idea that if a black woman claims rape, she must be lying. that black women cannot be trusted. that black women who tell their story of sexual assault, have a secret agenda. that black women are out to get white men. bullshit. these two cases are exceedingly different on many, many levels and we must remember that.
it's also interesting to note that, no one rushes to evoke the numerous stories of lynched black men who were accussed of raping white women. when white women lie about being raped by black men, no one resurrects photographs of black bodies hanging from trees, or the mangled and bloated body of young emmitt till who only whistled at a white woman."