Oooohhh shit that judge ruled the sexual assault case against prince andrew could proceed I was not expecting this

How about the whole family gets "de-royaled" let's think about that for a moment!

Reopen LaVena Johnson’s Case

“U.S. Army Private LaVena Johnson was found shot to death inside a burning tent with a broken nose, black eyes, broken teeth and acid burns on her genitals in July 2005, on Balad Military Base in Iraq. The U.S. Army investigated this case and ruled her death as a suicide by gunfire from an M-16. Her father disagreed, particularly after seeing her body in the funeral home. It is believed that the acid burns were created to hide evidence of sexual assault. She was 19 years old. There is a clear trend of sexual assault victims in the military being harmed or otherwise convinced not to speak out about what they have suffered. LaVena did not get the justice she deserves.

In a time where we are fighting racial injustices around the world, it is important to include black women in the search for fair trials. Consider signing this petition to get the case re-opened and investigated by either the United States Army of the Cold Case Investigations Research Institute of Philadelphia.

The previous petition for the reinvestigation of LaVena’s case closed with 37,000 signatures. Let’s make this petition as high profile as the others so that it can be seen by the Department of Defense. At the very least, this case should be reported on by major news sources who have previously backed away from reports on the case. For more information, consider watching the documentary from Midtown films, called “LaVena Johnson-The Silent Truth” it was screened at Webster University in St. Louis MO (2010).”

-Chichi White

Sign the petition here

One of the reasons why I won’t “serve” this country.

The baby in the woman’s arms was fathered by her master.

Rape and Sexual Abuse During Slavery…

Slavery in the United States encompassed wide-ranging rape and sexual abuse. Many slaves fought back against sexual attacks, and many died resisting. Others carried psychological and physical scars from the attacks. Soul murder, the feeling of anger, depression and low self-esteem is how Painter describes the effects of this abuse not just in a general way but closely linked to the conditions of slavery. Slaves regularly suppressed their anger because they did not want to show weakness in front of their masters.

Slave women often beat their children in order to instill this value in them. This later on led to repressed anger for their mothers for not properly protecting them. Slave women often felt anger towards their mistresses when such abuse occurred because their mistresses were like a mother figure to them. Like Harriet Jacob’s said in her narrative, she believed that her mistress was jealous that the master took interest in her which is why she didn’t try to protect her. These types of incidents led to conflicting feelings towards their mistresses, because on one hand enslaved women felt that their mistresses really wanted to be like them, which gave them a sense of freedom but on the other hand felt anger towards them for not protecting them like a mother should. Overall, victims of abuse during slavery like victims of abuse in today’s society blamed themselves for their abuse. This led to them feeling isolated and having many trust issues.

These psychological problems were a mixture of the total environment slavery had as well as the abuse that came with it. However, these insecurities for some slaves led to rebellion and protest even if it was in a smaller form than some. Rape laws in the South embodied race-based double standards. Black men accused of rape in the Colonial period were often punished with castration, but the penalty increased to the death penalty in the antebellum period. White men could rape female slaves without fear of punishment. Men were also sexually abused by their slave owners as well. Thomas Foster explains that though historians often focus on sexual abuse during slavery, few focuses on sexual abuse of men because of how sexual abuse and rape are defined. As a society rape is thought of as only a female experience because it is defined along gender characteristics such as, one must forcibly penetrate their victim. However, Foster explains that one should move away from this definition and should take into consideration the many ways someone might be able to force or manipulate one into sex. However, the most important factor as to why historians don’t consider slave men when analyzing sexual abuse is because to evidence and records. Slave women’s evidence often come from their offspring however, since men do not have that biological trait it was harder than women to keep evidence of sexual abuse. Nether the less, men were forced by their masters into sex and it was often a form of punishment for misconduct. Slave men’s mistresses also manipulated their slaves into sex. If a man refused or threatened to tell their mistresses would wrongfully accuse their slaves of rape. Also just like enslaved women were forced to couple and breed, enslaved men were put into the same situations as well. Men were forced to impregnate women, and after doing so frequently had to leave their families due to being sold or forced into another family…. Angela Davis contends that the systematic rape of female slaves is analogous to the medieval concept of the right of the first night by lords. She also contends that rapes were a deliberate effort by slaveholders to extinguish any spirit of resistance in the female, and to reduce her to the lowest kind of animal.. Sexual abuse of slaves was partially rooted in a patriarchal Southern culture which treated all women, black and white, as property or chattel.   continue Reading HERE 

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See also:

– http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/enslavement/text6/masterslavesexualabuse.pdf

I'm so sad about Vanessa Guillen.

I was hoping for a better outcome but I knew... well I had a feeling. I don't recall much but from my brief time in the military, one thing I vividly remember is roll call (which I'm sure was called something different). If someone is missing, it's known immediately. If you're not where you're supposed to be even two times, they're finding your ass. She wasn't there for nothing, everybody has a job/post. In one day she would have had a lot of places she just didn't show up to and they didn't report this at all? Not even report her AWOL? They weren't even looking for her. She lived in the barracks and they weren't even looking for her.

They knew...they knew where she was 😔

I just went to look up with happened and seeing her sister’s speech was heartbreaking. I too was hoping for a positive outcome. Now i know they found someone’s remains from a year ago- in search for the possibility of hers- which is also bad. Whenever I’ve heard of cases like this, it has always been an inside job and a coverup. Now I’ve never been in the military, but I’ve always heard that they don’t play when it comes to finding where someone is especially for what you mentioned as roll call and making sure they’re where they’re supposed to be. So for her to tell her mom that she’d been (tw) sexually assaulted but didn’t report (in fear of retaliation) and then just pop up missing with her superiors/fellow comrades “not knowing” where she is? And with what you stated no mention of her going AWOL does not sit well with me.

If you're wondering why stan twitter is cancelling Ansel Elgort (the actor playing Augustus from the The Fault In Our Stars movie) then I insist you to have a look at this post.

Her story with Ansel Elgort

Don't you fucking try to protect him because "he's your fave". She suffered, okay? She was 17. Respect her bravery.

‘I May Destroy You’ Teaser: HBO’s Michaela Coel Series To Explore Sexual Consent

A fearless, frank and provocative half-hour series exploring the question of sexual consent and where, in the new landscape of dating and relationships, the distinction between liberation and exploitation lies. Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella (Coel), a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked with a date-rape drug, she must question and rebuild every element of her life.

That Battle Rap video is disturbing and disgusting. The way that black man talked about his opponent’s six year old, dark-skinned daughter and how people were hyping him up is very telling.

Only black women can protect black girls.

WHATT!?!?? I’ve seen one other person talk about this on here. What’s going on?!?

In this viral battle rap video, one guy (in white shirt) not only sexualizes his daughter because she is light-skinned but he also “raps” about raping, pimping, kidnapping his opponent’s (black shirt) dark-skinned daughter (who even has the audacity to laugh). The pedophilia, self-hate, anti blackness, colorism, and misogyny jumped out with a fierceness.

White Shirt Guy’s name is Georgio Casper

WTF!?!? Who would even say something like that?!?? And sunscreen it seems like this video is going viral or will be going viral viral, their daughters will be seeing this and the girls’ mothers will be seeing this. Since videos are forever. Trash is what they are and to laugh!?! JAIL!!

He's still got the case in California too...

Now all these people that keep bringing up Harvey Weinstein to deflect, whenever the conversation is about Bill Cosby or R Kelly, can FINALLY shut the hell up.

All these rapists will roast in prison and hell.

There is so much wrong in this fallen world we live in. Women are fearful for their lives because some men were not taught to accept rejection. I WANT FUCKING JUSTICE.

^^And there are a number of men and women on various social sites blaming her.

I’ve definitely shed light on how nobody gives a fuck if you’ve been sexually assaulted when you’re not conventionally attractive or overweight because people think you should be grateful that anyone would want to touch you like that.

Please tell me said judge is no longer a judge. Like what nonsense