Post-R.-Kelly-acquittal disgust from some of our folks....
Kim Pearson, from the BlogHer network, on how some of the contributors to our book Be a Father to Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love, and Fatherhood edited by the super high-octane April Silver have issued a "Statement of Black Men Against the Exploitation of Black Women."
Perhaps they doubted that the young woman in the courtroom was, in fact, the same person featured in the ten year old video. But there is no doubt about this: some young Black woman was filmed being degraded and exploited by a much older Black man, some daughter of our community was left unprotected, and somewhere another Black woman is being molested, abused or raped and our callous handling of this case will make it that much more difficult for her to come forward and be believed. And each of us is responsible for it.
Here's some more on the book from Felicia Pride at AOL Black Voices. If any of you are curious about the origins of the title of our book, by the way, check out the music video...