Malaklou column wrongly implies racist tendencies
It's nice to see Shadee Malaklou back on the editorial pages. Her columns are, if nothing else, always articulate and engaging. That said, I have a couple criticisms of her latest piece ("Cruel intentions and dangerous liaisons," Jan. 10). Malaklou has always contended, and does so again, that there is something racist about the sexual preferences of Duke women. In her words, "Duke women... do not lust after famous black basketball players... rather, they lust after white preps with celebrity status on campus, but not off." The implication seems to be that, if Duke women were nondiscriminatory, they would take the world-renowned basketball player over the relatively small fries of the frats, but because they do not, some racism must be at work.