One More Time: Dr. Gates Does Not Blame Lucia Whalen At All

[Stephanie]

http://www.theroot.com/views/skip-gates-speaks?page=0,0

Skip Gates Speaks
The Root's Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks about his arrest and the outrage of racial profiling in America.
July 21, 2009 at 5:34 PM

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TR: What do you make of the suspicious neighbor who called the police with an erroneous report of “two black men” trying to enter your apartment? Was this neighborhood watch gone wrong?

HLG: I don’t know this person, and I’m sure that she thought she was doing the right thing. If I was on Martha’s Vineyard like I am now and someone was trying to break into my house, I would hope that someone called the police and that they would respond. But I would hope that the police wouldn’t arrest the first black man that they saw—especially after that person gives them an ID—and not rely on some trumped-up charge, which is what this man was doing.

[TiredOldMan]

1. Getting screwed for doing the right thing

I just watched the public statement by Mrs. Whalen. It looks like the media parasites and some idiots that immediately decalred her a racist without knowing the facts have made that woman's life a living hell for over a week.

I don't think Prof. Gates blames her, but NOBODY should be mad at an everyday woman that just did the right thing when they saw two people busting in a door to a home. I hope people leave her alone.

[Political Tiger]

2. K & R! n/t