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Who’s to Blame When a Black Man Rapes a Woman?
Pajamas Media ^ | Apr 29 2010 | Melissa Clouthier

Posted on 04/30/2010 5:34:12 AM PDT by walford

...A criminal wouldn’t be a criminal if he were loved more and society supported him, therefore it’s society’s fault that he is committing the fill-in-the-blank crime.

So who is to blame, then, when a black man rapes a woman? Would it be the rapist? No.

What follows is the harrowing and cognitively dissonant account of a woman’s rape at the hands of a black man she considered a friend. Her name is Amanda Kijera and here is her story:

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.

She continues:

Truly, I have witnessed as a journalist and human rights advocate the many injustices inflicted upon black men in this world. The pain, trauma and rage born of exploitation are terrors that I have grappled with every day of my life. They make one want to strike back, to fight rabidly for what is left of their personal dignity in the wake of such things. 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 are not the source of their oppression; oppressive policies and the as-yet unaddressed white patriarchy which still dominates the global stage are. Because 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 benefited from the oppression of colonized peoples have a responsibility to provide women with the protection that they need.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: blametheman; collectivism; dementalillness; guilt; liberalism; mentaldisorder; prorape; psychobabble; racism; rape; stockholmsyndrome; whiteguilt
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1 posted on 04/30/2010 5:34:12 AM PDT by walford
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To: walford

White men of course...


2 posted on 04/30/2010 5:36:17 AM PDT by muddler (Obama is either incompetent or malicious, and it makes little difference which.)
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To: walford

I think it would be safe to say that everything this woman believes is wrong.


3 posted on 04/30/2010 5:37:44 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: walford

Society of course.

People are basically good, and it’s their environment, and society, that make them act in bad ways.


4 posted on 04/30/2010 5:38:33 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: walford

Hmmm...


5 posted on 04/30/2010 5:39:13 AM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: Oratam

So many won’t change their beliefs even when confronted with the most direct evidence refuting those beliefs.


6 posted on 04/30/2010 5:39:48 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: walford

A woman so insane that she gets raped and the only thing that’s on her mind is liberal orthodoxy. She is basically a walking corpse. There is nothing there.


7 posted on 04/30/2010 5:40:08 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: walford
Who’s to Blame When a Black Man Rapes a Woman?

Wait, I know this one.

George W. Bush.

8 posted on 04/30/2010 5:41:04 AM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: walford
She's still making excuses for the Black guy that raped her. Why, it wasn't his fault, it was ours!

There's no facepalm pic that's strong enough for this imbecility. We need to go to level 2.


9 posted on 04/30/2010 5:41:07 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: walford

Let me say that I posted that “society is to blame” reasoning before I even read the first line.

I KNEW this was what the liberal would say.

THE pernicious lie at the basis of ALL STUPID IDEAS in this world:

“People are basically good and just need the right created environment in which to self-actualize and they will then act out their inherently good nature.”


10 posted on 04/30/2010 5:41:26 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: walford

She’s raped by a black man then blames all white men for the rape.

She then uses that blame to guilt them into providing her with protection and then giving the rapist job training.

The woman is insane. Literally.


11 posted on 04/30/2010 5:41:27 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: walford
What this man, the rapist, proved was that he was just as much of an oppressor as those he believed oppressed him.

Hard to be honestly angry with another person when given the opportunity you would act in the same oppressive way toward him.

The only thing the rapist can be really angry about is his bad luck...which he most likely created with his negative, rage infested attitude.

I am reminded of one Jeremiah Wright.

12 posted on 04/30/2010 5:42:50 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: Oratam

Having been in this woman’s shoes before-I am stunned at her response.

Just plain sick.


13 posted on 04/30/2010 5:42:59 AM PDT by homegroan (Proud member of the Hoi Polloi......ILLIGITIMA NON CARBORUNDUM..... -that's 4U Dad!))
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To: MrB

People are basically good, but capable of doing great evil.


14 posted on 04/30/2010 5:43:11 AM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine
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To: walford

>> 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.

That’s what happens when you’re “stuck on stupid”.


15 posted on 04/30/2010 5:43:25 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: walford

She was raped by an individual black man in Haiti. So obviously the core responsibility for the heinous act is with “those nations who have benefited from the oppression of colonized peoples.”

Brainwashed useful fool number 704,223,990, thank you for your service. Step onto the bus for transport to Camp A31 to further your political education and your value to the State.


16 posted on 04/30/2010 5:44:38 AM PDT by Mere Survival (Mere Survival: The new American Dream)
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To: MrB

Two social workers happen upon the corpse of someone who was obviously brutally murdered. One says to the other, “whoever did this must have had a very bad childhood.”


17 posted on 04/30/2010 5:45:11 AM PDT by walford (http://the-big-pic.org)
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To: walford

If it’s a white woman: white men
If it’s a black woman: white men
If it’s Helen Thomas: I suggest looking for the presence of lead-based paint in the rapist’s nursery. But in the meantime, it’s safe to blame white men.


18 posted on 04/30/2010 5:45:55 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: hoosierham

Mind-shattering stupidity there.


19 posted on 04/30/2010 5:47:50 AM PDT by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

“People are basically good”

is the pernicious lie and is the basis of all error.


20 posted on 04/30/2010 5:48:42 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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