Posted by zazenduck on May 1, 2006, at 18:05:14
In reply to Them pore yankee boys at Duke, posted by zazenduck on May 1, 2006, at 9:59:59
> Grand jury and district attorney all gettin together to accuse those fine young white men from New York and New Jersey of rape all on the word of an exotic dancer with a history of mental illness. That's the south for ya.
To clarify, I think what happened to you in the hospital was horrible and I hope you take action against the hospital to stop them from doing that to someone else. But I think anyone with a history of mental illness is also in danger of being disbelieved marginalized and treated as someone less than a human being with rights equal to all other human beings. I also think that there is an enormous amount of prejucice based on class without regard to race. And I think prejudice exists without regard to geographical location.
I was proud of the North Carolina DA who was willing to go ahead with the case regardless of the high powered lawyers of the white defendants who were leaking smears about the accuser.
I also think perhaps you could call the Mental Health Advocate in South Carolina and see if there were other complaints about that hospital and put yours on the record.
I'm really sorry you were hurt but it would be sad if you let that one incident poison your mind towards an entire region. Lots of people down here are on your side. I hope you can find some peace and recover from your experience.
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