Sunday, June 23, 2013

How NOT to Apologize, Take 1




What is it about the Steubenville rape case that brings out the dumbness?  First, it was the blame-the-victim comments from my students.  Now's it Serena Williams and her "mis-quoted" self.  Of course, she had to apologize, but I wonder if someone had to tell her to do that.  Serena sounded like she had pretty clear opinions on what happened.

“Do you think it was fair, what they got? They did something stupid, but I don’t know. I’m not blaming the girl, but if you’re a 16-year-old and you’re drunk like that, your parents should teach you—don’t take drinks from other people. She’s 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn’t remember? It could have been much worse. She’s lucky. Obviously I don’t know, maybe she wasn’t a virgin, but she shouldn’t have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that’s different.”

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