Have you actually heard about the Durham Rape Case?

No, not that one. Yep, that’s right. There’s another one. I’m sure you didn’t hear much about it, though. Somehow or another this one has managed to stay out of the national headlines. Why is that? John J. Ray has a theory…

There’s another accusation of rape floating around Durham this week. The accuser was allegedly attacked at a house party this Saturday. The accuser is white. The suspect is black.

Heard anything about that? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

The mainstream media has bent over backward to keep race out of this. Even those who first gave a description of the alleged rapist as a “black man” later redacted that from their reports. The News & Observer never printed it at all. And none has pointed out, as the Duke Chronicle has done, that the alleged victim was white, making this a mirror image of the Duke lacrosse case.

An interesting comparison follows, particularly when you consider exactly how little we’ve heard about this case in the same geographical area. Is it possible they just learned from the past and decided not convict people in the court of public opinion before there was an investigation or trial? Maybe they just learned their lesson?

I’m not sure. Neither is John.

Read the whole thing and judge for yourself.

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