Rape victim: "He didn’t care that I was a Malcolm X scholar."

[RuneX2]

We are not your weapons – we are women

Two weeks ago, on a Monday morning, I started to write what I thought was a very clever editorial about violence against women in Haiti. The case, I believed, was being overstated by women’s organizations in need of additional resources. Ever committed to preserving the dignity of Black men in a world which constantly stereotypes them as violent savages, I viewed this writing as yet one more opportunity to fight “the man” on behalf of my brothers. That night, before I could finish the piece, I was held on a rooftop in Haiti and raped repeatedly by one of the very men who I had spent the bulk of my life advocating for.

It hurt. The experience was almost more than I could bear. I begged him to stop. Afraid he would kill me, I pleaded with him to honor my commitment to Haiti, to him as a brother in the mutual struggle for an end to our common oppression, but to no avail. He didn’t care that I was a Malcolm X scholar. He told me to shut up, and then slapped me in the face. Overpowered, I gave up fighting halfway through the night.

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Black men have every right to the anger they feel in response to their position in the global hierarchy, but their anger is misdirected.
women–and particularly women of color–are forced to bear the brunt of the Black male response to the Black male plight, the international community and those nations who have benefitted from the oppression of colonized peoples have a responsibility to provide women with the protection that they need

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Not once did I envision myself becoming a receptacle for a Black man’s rage at the white world, but that is what I became. While I take issue with my brother’s behavior, I’m grateful for the experience. It woke me up, made me understand on a deeper level the terror that my sisters deal with daily.”

etc.

We are not your weapons – we are women

- oh! Lots of goodies in this one, but "he didn't care that I was a Malcolm X scholar" is almost epic in its genius. And btw. looking at her picture, and how she apparently enjoyed the experience, I think the black brother took one for the team. Brotherly solidarity knows no racial boundaries.

[Rogerius Josephus Boscovich]

"It hurt. The experience was almost more than I could bear. I begged him to stop. Afraid he would kill me, I pleaded with him to honor my commitment to Haiti, to him as a brother in the mutual struggle for an end to our common oppression, but to no avail. He didn’t care that I was a Malcolm X scholar. He told me to shut up, and then slapped me in the face."

Pure gold.

I actually laughed out loud. Hilarious.

[R1a-I2a1 Rock Farmer]

"It hurt. The experience was almost more than I could bear. I begged him to stop. Afraid he would kill me, I pleaded with him to honor my commitment to Haiti, to him as a brother in the mutual struggle for an end to our common oppression, but to no avail. He didn’t care that I was a Malcolm X scholar. He told me to shut up, and then slapped me in the face."

That's alpha.

[Alex_De_Large]

Rape finally became a crime in Haiti in 2005. Before that the judge would usually organize a cash settlement to the Rapee.

[R1a-I2a1 Rock Farmer]

As my uncle Jakov in Hamburg would say: "Whatever it is that she went there to find, she found".

[Alex_De_Large]

I viewed this writing as yet one more opportunity to fight “the man” on behalf of my brothers.

Is this chick really white? Why is she calling them "bruthas"?

[Don Quixote]

I’m grateful for the experience

It has to be satire.

[R1a-I2a1 Rock Farmer]

Originally Posted by Basil Fawlty

It has to be satire.

Not once did I envision myself becoming a receptacle for a Black man’s rage at the white world, but that is what I became. While I take issue with my brother’s behavior, I’m grateful for the experience. It woke me up, made me understand on a deeper level the terror that my sisters deal with daily.

Her rape fantasy has been fulfilled.

[Alex_De_Large]

That can't be real. No one is that stupid.

[LordHawHaw]

I appreciate Liberals. They make me laugh. Alot.