It's a HATE CRIME HOAX. They happen on college campuses all the time.
The Duke incident – and the response – is strikingly similar to recent hoaxes at other universities. The following are just a few example:
• During the 40th anniversary of the integration at Ole Miss, two black students found racial insults scrawled on the doors of their dorm rooms: “F**g Nigger” and “F**g Hoe [sic] Nigger.” Similar messages turned up in other locations across the campus. Students organized a “Say No to Racism” march, and race activists demanded “programs and procedures” to instill racial sensitivity. A spate of national news coverage commented on how little Ole Miss had changed in 40 years.
When the perpetrators were found to be black students, Ole Miss chancellor Robert Khayat made it clear there would be no criminal charges, even though the students caused over $600 worth of damage and harmed race relations at the school.
• When a hate crime was reported last year at Trinity International University near Chicago there was a flood of indignation on campus. Students at the mostly white school wore yellow shirts to symbolize solidarity with blacks who had received a stream of hate mail. Jesse Jackson spoke on campus. Over 40 students were evacuated to an unnamed hotel for their own safety and security was beefed up at the college. Counselors were made available and students held prayer vigils.
But when the culprit turned out to be Alicia Hardin, a black student who wanted to transfer out of Trinity to be closer to her friends, the story-and the campus outrage-faded away. University president Greg Waybright even announced that he felt “a sense of relief” because the incident was “resolved.” He warned that the hoax should not reflect on any particular ethnic group.($link)
• Also last year, students at Wooster College in Ohio awoke to find swastikas and racist messages written on dorm walls. Angry protestors raged against “typical white males” until the writers of the slurs turned out to be a group of lefty students led by a black studies major.
• A similar incident happened at the University of Louisville in 2004. Students endured racial graffiti and racist fliers passed out on cars. Protesters held rallies and handed a list of demands to U of L president Jim Ramsey. The incident quietly faded away when black students admitted to passing out the fliers as a “prank.”
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