Is it (this particular instance) that or is it simply a case of schoolkids fucking around with each other? Sometimes I think people read too much into an incident. In this case this kid's parents probably helped embellish the story, which was further embellished by Duke. Did the black kids really say "whitey" or is that what the mother said? Furthermore, nowhere does it actually say the "attackers" were black, nor that they attended the same school as Coon.
all good questions.. 3 months from now, the story make look a whole lot different after all the evidence is in.
