http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/28/teacher.sex.race.ap/index.html
The Rev. David Kennedy, an activist, stands in front of a theater converted to a KKK museum.

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"CLINTON, South Carolina (AP) -- The arrest of two women teachers on charges of having sex with their male students has brought cries of lingering racism in one of South Carolina's most conservative counties and evoked some of the South's oldest and deepest-seated racial taboos. Both women are white. The boys -- six in all -- are black. Some of the blacks who make up more than a quarter of Laurens County's 70,000 residents are upset over the handling of the two cases, particularly the release of the teachers on bail. They say the cases reflect the way crimes by whites against blacks in the segregated South were treated less seriously than other offenses, and blacks who leveled accusations against whites were less likely to be believed. "If this had been black teachers, they would not be out of jail right now," said Corinnie Young, a 49-year-old bookstore employee who is black. Some blacks shudder to think what would have happened if the teachers were black men and the students were white girls. "I can assure you if it were an African American male who committed such an offense against a white female, history shows us that the charges, the punishment and the sentencing would be totally different," said state NAACP president Lonnie Randolph. "The system ain't blind when the perpetrator is an African American male or female or when the victim is a white female.""

Do you agree or disagree with Randolph?

3/28/2007 6:50:01 PM

He's right.

Although I am curious to know what is the norm for when the justice system in Clinton, SC handles this type of situation.

[Edited on March 28, 2007 at 6:57 PM. Reason : more]

3/28/2007 6:54:52 PM

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""I can assure you if it were an African American male who committed such an offense against a white female"

and that's exactly what it was

what happened was this:

white female teachers had sex with black male students

it is not fair to compare that with this:

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"Some blacks shudder to think what would have happened if the teachers were black men and the students were white girls."

i am sorry, you can't change the gender of the victims. that's completely intellectually dishonest and bankrupt.

we all know even if it is white on white, male teachers having sex with female students are treated/punished much more harshly than female teachers having sex with male students. past cases bear this out.

so to be fair, what happened should be compared with:

black female teachers having sex with white male students.

3/28/2007 7:01:17 PM

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"we all know even if it is white on white, male teachers having sex with female students are treated/punished much more harshly than female teachers having sex with male students. past cases bear this out. "

Yeah, but black males with white students would probably be punished more harshly that white male with black or white students.

In any case, isn't it ironic though that in a situation of some interracial loving, people are talking about racial hatred?

3/28/2007 7:05:32 PM

I've been hinting at this for a long time.

This is three cases now where the races of the children have been released, and they've all been minorities.

These white women are preying on minority children whose parents appreciate a teacher's involvement in their children's lives and have no idea what is actually going on.

And nobody really cares.

3/28/2007 8:27:47 PM

the inequality is because they are women, theres a double standard there because its something that has been underreported until recently

3/28/2007 9:26:56 PM

Its pretty typical for the teacher to get released after being charged with having sex with a student, regardless of color. Especially if the student is in high school.

Here are examples:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1088144/

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1087940/

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1058304/

The last two articles the teachers are charged with molesting multiple middle schoolers, but they still have a high bond set and could get out.

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 9:28 AM. Reason : k]

3/29/2007 9:21:29 AM

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"I can assure you if it were an African American male who committed such an offense against a white female"

wouldn't a black female teacher and white male students be a more apt comparison?

3/29/2007 9:56:26 AM

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"i am sorry, you can't change the gender of the victims. that's completely intellectually dishonest and bankrupt. we all know even if it is white on white, male teachers having sex with female students are treated/punished much more harshly than female teachers having sex with male students. past cases bear this out. so to be fair, what happened should be compared with: black female teachers having sex with white male students."

I agree, but only white women are this crazy.

I think there are a lot of people hunting for racism due to its sensationalism. As was mentioned in the story last week about the Knoxville murders, throwing race into the story makes for more exiting news and more $$. If the system were really racist, then the black kids would be arrested for sleeping with de white wemmen.

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 10:35 AM. Reason : .]

3/29/2007 10:32:39 AM

mad because they were released on bail. isn't that s.o.p.?

3/29/2007 4:38:54 PM

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"the inequality is because they are women"

3/30/2007 2:21:19 PM

race cannot be ignored in this town.

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"In the town of Laurens, where one of the teachers taught, an old movie theater has been converted into a Ku Klux Klan museum and paraphernalia store called The Redneck Shop. There, visitors can buy Confederate flags and bumper stickers, such as one that depicts three Klansmen and reads "The Original Boys in the Hood.""

3/30/2007 2:43:55 PM

This is why I could never date a teacher.

As soon as she cheats on you with an 11 year old, everyone pretty much knows for sure that you have the smallest cock in town.

3/30/2007 2:46:17 PM

never thought about it that way

3/30/2007 3:00:42 PM

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"The system ain't blind when the perpetrator is an African American male or female or when the victim is a white female."

i guess when you are president of the NAACP you can use 'ain't' and it be ok and proper

3/30/2007 3:02:56 PM

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"This is three cases now where the races of the children have been released, and they've all been minorities. These white women are preying on minority children whose parents appreciate a teacher's involvement in their children's lives and have no idea what is actually going on. And nobody really cares."

That's sensationalizing it a bit, isn't it?

It's not like the teachers look for minorities who they can "prey on". Most times, these teachers enjoy the thrill of breaking sexual taboos. One taboo is that they are minors, the other is that they are minorities. The fact that blacks are often more physically mature at that age than whites probably plays a role as well.

My friend's roommate was engaged to a schoolteacher. They broke off the engagement because she got pregnant from the QB of the HS football team. He's scarred for life. We call her "blackheart".

3/30/2007 3:27:08 PM

was the QB black?

3/30/2007 4:25:19 PM

Yes, yes he was

3/30/2007 4:35:18 PM

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"such as one that depicts three Klansmen and reads "The Original Boys in the Hood"

I lol'd. Then I .

4/2/2007 10:05:56 AM