More. Duke. Crap.

As if yesterday’s post on the asshats that were dressed like Duke lacrosse players at Beta Breakers chanting “No means yes,” was not enough, this just troubles me so much further. The women’s lacrosse team of Duke is planning on wearing bracelets saying, “innocent” in their game against Northwestern. The complex system of issues this brings up for me is profound, but when it comes down to it, all I can think is how stupid of them. This is indeed the type of solidarity that often makes our culture intolerable for me.
via AP.

In a show of solidarity with the Duke University men’s lacrosse team, members of the school’s women’s team plan to wear sweatbands with the word “Innocent� written on them.
The university canceled the rest of the season for the highly ranked men’s team because of a woman’s complaint she was raped in March at a team party where she had been hired to strip.
The women’s plan to wear sweatbands on their arms or legs was reported Wednesday by The Herald-Sun of Durham. The teams plays Northwestern in the NCAA semifinals Friday.

The university has no objection to this, but you know damn well if they were wearing armbands reading, “Kill those Nazi rapists,” they would. But really, this is not only an example of how (white in this case) women are complicit in their own oppression but also involved in the silencing and vicitimization of women of color. I mean they are making themselves look so stupid to stand in solidarity with accused rapists. Have gender relations in upper middle class white world shifted such a small bit? I mean really?
Would David Usher tell us this is an example of feminism “taking over” Duke? My head spins in horror.