(abcnews.com) He is the only African-American player on the 47-man embattled Duke lacrosse team and the youngest man in the group. In his first, exclusive interview with ABC News, Devon Sherwood said that his three white teammates who have been accused of sexually assaulting a black woman had been stereotyped by class and skin color.”It’s almost a reversal,” Sherwood, 19, said in an interview today on “Good Morning America.”"‘Well, their daddies are gonna buy them the big-time lawyers, and they’re gonna get off. We can’t have that,’” Sherwood said that critics have said.”It’s just been all the stereotypes. … I’ve even been stereotyped for being rich, being on full scholarship, [being] not in touch with my own black community at Duke. … It’s terrible to find yourself being stereotyped,” Sherwood said.“And you’re like, ‘Hold on. This couldn’t be much further from the truth,’” he said. “You know? So it’s just amazing that the things you see and that [were] going on in this case and how the reversal from black stereotype to now rich white, privileged stereotype.” (more…) =====
Read the whole article. Based on his account, it is likely that his teammates did use racial slurs, but he does stand by his teammates’ account of the other alleged events of that night.
