Did the False Accusations Against a “Hispanic” Damage the Hispanic Community and Make Wilbanks Less Sympathetic?
Particularly – and rightly — troubling to many is that Wilbanks said one of her kidnappers was Hispanic. This comment shows that Wilbanks was probably herself racist, or, at a minimum, that she was catering to racism; perhaps she thought her story would be more plausible if she claimed one of the perpetrators was Hispanic. If she had not reneged, her claim could even have led to the wrongful conviction of an innocent man. Certainly, Wilbanks owes Hispanics an apology, and ought to amend her way of thinking. But in the end, the quickly-retracted claim ended up doing little real damage to the image and standing of Hispanics. Like child-killer Susan Smith’s false claim that an African-American man had stolen her car – with her children in it – at gunpoint, Wilbanks’ remark is now a reminder of why assuming a perpetrator is likely to be a person of color is sheer folly. It’s also a reminder that a white “victim” who is blaming a person of color may, in some cases, be doing so to refocus a
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