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Tyson Reinvents Some More

By K.C. Johnson

Professors are supposed to be open-minded, willing to dispassionately evaluate new evidence as it arrives, and, if necessary, reconsider their initial assumptions. Obviously, the lacrosse case showed another side of some elements of the Duke faculty, as race/class/gender advocates not only presumed guilt but then reinvented the past to rationalize their initial actions. So we had Group of 88 member Cathy Davidson penning a January 2007 op-ed describing the Group?s statement as a necessary corrective to the first week?s media coverage, which was dominated by the voices of the lacrosse players?when, in fact, the first week?s media coverage all but ignored the lacrosse players? protestation of innocence, and instead focused on Mike Nifong and extremist students and professors presuming guilt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).