← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Lewis Wetzel
Thread ID: 8866 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2003-08-08
2003-08-08 15:23 | User Profile
Of course, too many whites (about 40%) are sympathetic to the ball-bouncing umbwebwe. But I'm not surprised by THAT, either.
[url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-08-07-kobe-poll-usat_x.htm]http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-0...poll-usat_x.htm[/url]
Whites, blacks see Bryant case differently By Patrick O'Driscoll and Tom Kenworthy, USA TODAY DENVER ââ¬â Public opinion is almost evenly divided about whether the sexual assault charge against basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is true, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup poll released Thursday. But the survey also shows that black and white respondents differ significantly about the case, mirroring past racial splits over the legal troubles of former football star O.J. Simpson and boxer Mike Tyson. (Related item: Full poll results)
This week's poll of 1,003 adults found 41% think the felony charge against the Los Angeles Lakers guard is "definitely" or "probably" true, while 38% say it is false. They were questioned by telephone Monday through Wednesday. The poll has a margin of error of +/-3 percentage points.
But more than two-thirds of blacks in that sample and in an identical poll July 25-27 said they think the charge is false. About one-fourth believed it is true. Whites in the two polls were about evenly split.
Forty percent of whites also said they were "very" or "somewhat" sympathetic toward Bryant. Nearly two-thirds of blacks were sympathetic.
The 24-year-old NBA All-Star was charged with felony sexual assault in Colorado last month for a June 30 incident involving a 19-year-old female employee of a luxury mountain retreat near Vail. Bryant publicly admitted he committed adultery, but he insists that the encounter was consensual, not forced.
Bryant had his first court appearance Wednesday in Eagle, Colo., which lasted seven minutes. The judge set Oct. 9 for a preliminary hearing to hear evidence and determine whether the case should go to trial. Bryant is free on $25,000 bond.
Overall, about half of the respondents to this week's poll said they don't sympathize with Bryant, while two-fifths say they do.
The different responses by race reflect the divide in the mid-1990s over murder charges against Simpson and Tyson's rape conviction.
In March 1995, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken early in Simpson's trial found two-thirds of whites believed the charges against him were true. But only about one-fourth of blacks believed the charges were true. More than half of blacks, 55%, said they thought the charges were false. Just one-fifth of whites answered the same.
Asked whether they felt sorry for Simpson, 64% of blacks said they were sympathetic. Just 34% of whites said that. One-fifth of blacks were unsympathetic, vs. more than half of whites.
The same poll, taken shortly before Tyson's release from prison, found that far more blacks (71%) believed the rape charge was false. One-third of whites thought that.
The new polls found more blacks than whites are following the Bryant case, which has dominated cable TV, talk radio and the Internet. Nearly three-fourths of blacks questioned, 73%, said they are watching developments closely, while 58% of whites say the same.
2003-08-08 18:08 | User Profile
According to the FBI website, Blacks, only 12 % of the population, committed over 34% of forced rapes in the country. Deep down they know Kobe is guilty and think sex with any woman is their right. :afro:
2003-08-08 22:35 | User Profile
I would disagree.
I think the cultural "I'm a victim" attitude explains the vastly larger percentage of those blacks who believe Kobe is innocent, or to be more precise, don't care if he is guilty, they would support him due to his race, like they did OJ, if he had raped, beaten, and murdered someone.
But most whites, myself included, don't really know if he's guilty. Certainly if the press reports of his attitudes, demeanor, and off court behaviour to this point are to be believed it would certainly be out of character. But mostly, I guess, I'm just not sure if she is a gold digging opportunist, that would not be a first by any means, or if the reports of Kobe being such a nice guy were simply wrong.
The only thing which appears to be undeniably true... Kobe is an idiot who either could not or did not control his more base instincts, despite all he had to lose.
2003-08-09 01:33 | User Profile
Tyson used the victim mentality to try to get out of the rape charge by a black woman. This woman was even more stupid or naive ( take your Pick) than the woman in the Bryant case. She went up to Tyson's room after he was observed foddling the Miss Black American contestants openly during rehersals. He thought that all the constestants were his "ho's". What do you think whould happen to Bob Barker if he did that to Miss America contestants?
I don't know if Bryant is guilty either but he got black marks from me by first denying that he "had sex with that woman". Then after DNA was presented, he admittted to adultery. If he had any honor he would have never asked to come to his room or let her in the first place. Sex is more important than money, his marriage, his child, his team, and business contracts. If his wife and business partners couldn't trust him to keep his end of a contract, then why should I believe that he is telling the truth about anything else?. The way he set up the meeting with the girl while the guards were on another floor seems to be a modus operendi to have sex with groupies secretly while keeping up his "clean image". This to me is the black mentality, giving in to one's passions. For what other reason are the rates for violent crimes are highest for black males?
2003-08-09 01:36 | User Profile
I know he's guilty and I just wanna shove a rusty 2 inch pole up his ass.