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I have not argued that racial bias has motivated the response to Lueke.  I have noted my surprise at the amount of support and eagerness to doubt his culpability, because in my experience, people tend to assume the accuracy of a conviction, and have asked whether, among several factors, race might be a part of it.
Where I have argued directly about race is in response to the suggestion in the main post above that a factor could be "There is a backlash in America against a court system, and media system, that is unfair to white males accused of sex crimes."  I have argued that this factor does not dispel the possibility of racial bias, because this factor itself is racially biased, because there is no reason to distinguish between white males accused of sex crimes who are treated unfairly and all males accused of sex crimes who are treated unfairly, while there is a reason for someone to address, say, antebellum American slavery as a distinct topic.
I have no idea if this "backlash" exists, and I have no idea if it applies to the Lueke response.  If such a backlash exists, I am not aware of it, as I indicated in one of my other comments.  My only point was that this suggested factor does not address whether race is a factor.
Also as I mentioned in one of my other comments, I suspect the fact that he is a Mariner is the most likely reason for the support, and certainly the reason this issue is getting play in Seattle.  I just hope people are as cautious about assuming the guilt of non-Mariners (and non athletes. and non-whites) where the circumstances create some doubt as they are of Lueke.