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Karma and Grant Farred

By K.C. Johnson

With the possible exceptions of Houston Baker and Wahneema Lubiano, Grant Farred was the most extreme member of the Group of 88. This was, it?s worth recalling, the Duke faculty member who: Claimed that Duke students who registered to vote in Durham exhibited a ?secret racism?;Explained away AG Roy Cooper?s innocence declaration by wildly charging?without any offering any evidence to corroborate it?that unnamed lacrosse players had committed ?perjury?;Implied?on the Duke campus, no less, and again without offering any evidence?that the lacrosse players (even if they hadn?t committed rape) had engaged in prostitution. Despite this record, and almost incredibly, in 2007 Cornell hired Farred?with tenure and a promotion to full professor...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on April 12, 2010 (boomark / email).