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Lincoln University president expresses great concern for the futures of accused rapists (but, notably, NO concern for the victims)
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Jennings is the president of Lincoln University, the 160-year-old HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Lincoln University boasts some legendary alumni, including Langston Hughes, Thurgood Marshall, Cab Calloway, Kwame Nkrumah, and Gil Scott-Heron. Now, its home of a victim-blaming president.
During his speech at the universitys All Womens Convocation hosted in September of this year, Jennings took on the issue of sexual assault and rape. Did he provide empathy for those who had been assaulted? Did he say that rape and sexual assault would not be tolerated on campus? Did he sure the crowd of black women who chose to attend this university that he, as president, would do everything in his power to ensure that they graduated unmolested? Not exactly.
we have had on this campus, three cases of young women, who after having done whatever they did with the young men, and then it didnt turn out the way they wanted it to turn out, guess what they did? They then went to Public Safety and said, He raped me. So then we have to do an investigation. We have to start pulling back all the layers and asking all kinds of questions. And when we start trying to collect the data and ask the questions and why do we do that? Because we know that possibly somebodys life is getting ready to change for the rest of their life. Because theres no more serious accusation. And within the last 30 days, the United States federal government has now issued a new set of regulations that deal with sexual misconduct on colleges and university campuses. And the penalty is jail time.
What happens when you allege that somebody did something of that nature to you? You go to jail (overlooking the fact that few rapists actually go to jail) I dont care how close they are to finishing their degree. Their whole life changes over night. Because theyre gonna get a record and that record is then gonna follow them for the rest of their life. Theyre going to be expelled from the university. Its gonna be very difficult for them to get into anyone elses university because they have to explain at the receiving institution why they were expelled from the institution that they were expelled from.
And we have to send the transcript, we have to note on there the reason for him being expelled. And so when they see that, then they dont want to take a chance on letting them into their university because they dont know what they are getting ready to get themselves in for.
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http://feministing.com/2014/11/12/lincoln-university-president-expresses-great-concern-for-the-futures-of-accused-rapists/
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)into the MRA bull crap, lock stock and barrel.
He seems to think that by taking reports of rape as a serious matter = jail time for an allege rapist. I think it is about 3% of rapists ever spend a day in jail.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)He's just awful. And he is saying point blank, that he does not care about the well-being of any woman on campus. Ugh.
niyad
(113,552 posts)deaf and hateful almost beyond belief. one can only imagine what he said to the men's group.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I really do hope the women of this school fight back. Their tuition is paying his salary and supporting an environment that is hostile to women. This guy needs to be shown that not only is he wrong, he's fired.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)The matter should be referred to police for criminal prosecution unless the victim chooses a restricted report.
niyad
(113,552 posts)many cases, hate-filled, handling of rape cases, this may not be an improvement.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Either we have a society of laws (the cynical anarchist in me says, we don't) or we disband the whole sad, sick experiment (the hopeful anarchist in me says, YAY!).
But the idea that Institution X or Corporation Y are suitable substitutes for proper law enforcement may appear to yield short term gains but in the end it will only be yet another form of tyranny only this time one where the matter cannot be decided in the political arena.
Case in point: Why was the NFL even expected, let alone allowed, to decide the appropriate punishment for a man seen on video punching his fiancé into unconsciousness? That so many turned to the NFL and said, "Well, what are you going to do about it?" shows just how far this disease has infected us. It shouldn't have been up to the NFL to ruin his career, the bastard should have been in jail and THAT would have ruined his career as a second-order effect.
We are demanding unaccountable masters assume governance over us. This is bad. Very bad.
niyad
(113,552 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)It's so dumb its cringeworthy.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)jerk by now.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)he wasn't misunderstood--he stated plainly that the lives of the men were far more important than the lives of their victims. furthermore, he claimed that the victims were lying. no misunderstanding there.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How pathetic! However, it doesn't surprise me one bit.