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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This story has been going on for years but the music industry still embraces him. Didn't he do a duet with Lady Gaga? Plenty of people, blacks and whites, buy his music and attend his concerts. If he had done this to young white girls he'd be in jail. why haven't people like Oprah taken him to task? [/quote]
How telling that you think “people like Oprah”—black people—should take him to task when you admit all races support his music. Has it occurred to you that white people, too, have a responsibility to these black girls and have failed miserably? The only people who have spoken out are black people, even though whites run his record company, own Spotify and Apple and other platforms, and control distribution. The real question is why white people are so heartless and racist that you feel no responsibility here.[/quote]
I agree with the PP.  Black people are only taking him to task now because  we do not want to look bad in the eyes from white people.   However, sexual assaulting girls and rampant misogyny are embraced in the black community.  Black men in general have profited off of abusing our women and girls for years.  When folks came out years ago about the denigration of black women and girls from black men specifically those  within the music industry folks cried racism.  I was told on this very forum a few years ago, "Well it is our culture and it is art."   As a crisis counselor who has spent years working with black families I have heard far too many times, "We do not want to see another brother going to jail."   This is not just about the POS R. Kelly is about the culture at large which refuses to protect black girls from predators especially when those predators are black men.  You know how many black women have been sexually assaulted as girls by men in their family, community, or in church?  I have lost count.  The black community looks the other way and blames the victim of abuse.  When it comes time to prosecute these men who assault children people rally around the predators and give them protection.  Often times in the black community when our girls are assaulted she is the one who is ostracized.   It is disheartening  black women and girls do not have a voice.  The abuse within the black community  especially our girls and even our boys are not giving justice because our society has embrace black men being sexually violent.

Now black folks want to act like we care about our girls.  It's BS!  Those of us who have been on the frontlines fighting these monsters for years were ignored.  If anything, it took going outside of the black community for some of us advocates to get justice.  We need to seriously stop protecting black men who prey on women and girls.  We need to stop excusing their degenerate behavior and blaming racism for the reason why they behave the way that they do.  Other so call "good black men" need to call other black men to task and speak out for their daughters, sisters, and mothers.   It is beyond despicable how years of covering up sexual abuse within the black community has damaged so many black women who were abused as children.  Folks only care now because it is a celebrity that many people worshipped, but this tragedy goes further than just R. Kelly.   We can no longer continue pointing the finger at white people.  There are many R. Kellys within our communities, churches, and in some cases families.  The real question is, "Are black people going to step up and work with law enforcement to turn in the sexual predators that they know?  Are black people going to continue financially supporting black people (entertainers, those within the church, etc.) who are abusers?   Are other black men going to call out child predators who harassed children?  Or are they going blame the victim?  Protecting child predators has gone for years within the black community this is not new.  Families don't even report abuses in many cases and many black girls suffer in silence.  Turn these monsters in and denounce them from our community.  Who cares if they go to jail.  So many people knew about R. Kelly, but they turned a blind eye.

Anyone who coverup the abuse of children or anyone for that matter should be prosecuted and held accountable for protecting predators.   When this R. Kelly saga is over the black community will go back to living in denial by  blaming white people for these uncivilized creatures like R Kelly and their inhumane behavior.  It's so sickening that we refuse to protect our children especially our girls!  :evil:  [/quote]
WTF!!!
What damn black people are you talking about???
What singular monolithic community are you talking about????

How dare you say all black people are protecting child predators .
Sexual abuse crosses all SES groups, races , cultures .
By the way, there is no such thing as one damn 'black' culture.
Shame on you![/quote]

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