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learning in public so that the truth I teach moves people to action. | love & power. | fellow. | ferguson forever.

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Joined January 2011
Born 12 November

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    for anyone seeking safety, wisdom, & guidance—I’m writing a book on the wisdom of black women. you’re invited to join me at the table with ancestral & modern black women icons, where I explore their words, and share plenty of my own. sign up for updates at

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  2. A reminder that black girls are seen as older and less innocent than white girls. Which is basically what that juror just said. “The way they talk, the way they dress. I just didn’t believe them.”

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  3. If you or someone you know is suffering from sexual abuse, contact RAINN: 800.656.HOPE

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  4. SEVEN tries. For an abused woman to leave. Don’t blame the victim. Blame the abuser. If you or anyone you know is dealing with an abusive relationship, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)

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  5. The fact that this man’s crimes can fill six hours with limited commercial breaks is telling and horrifying.

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  6. R. Kelly’s pedophilia and his abuse of his ex-wife worked hand in hand. Abuse, of any kind, is about power & control. He did it to every one of his victims, including Andrea.

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  7. I hope we realize that everyone who bootlegged, shared, and watched that tape was peddling child pornography. It wasn’t a joke. It’s a crime.

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  8. God bless each and every one of these survivors for their bravery. They are doing this so the pain will end-not because it’s fun, to be famous or for a pay day. Listen to them. Their pain is real.

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  9. What just said is the entire point: not only has R. Kelly been at this for a very long time, there was a system he set up to ensure he could continue. NDAs and payoffs, one after the other, tell a clear story. How much longer will we ignore it?

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  10. “A pattern of behavior.” This is what we must remember.

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  11. I’m trying not to be even more upset than I already am about the number of people-men, in R. Kelly’s employ-who intentionally turned away, didn’t follow their instincts, didn’t protect these young women, and didn’t speak up.

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  12. continues tonight...remember to take care of yourselves and one another if/as we watch

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  13. Jan 3
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  14. Jan 3

    Abuse comes in many forms. It took a therapist showing me the cycle of abuse to realize that I was in a verbally and mental abusive cycle with someone. Know it for yourself.

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  15. Jan 3

    Grateful to the filmmakers for featuring a number of therapists and mental health professionals to give language and understanding to the issues, habits and tactics here. That is responsible filmmaking.

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  16. Jan 3

    The exploitive nature of unequal power dynamics seem to be especially lost on R. Kelly’s defenders. “Why would she go back? She clearly wants to be there.” Naïveté and power are leveraged to exploit and manipulate people in exactly these kind of circumstances.

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  17. Jan 3

    Reminder: when we ask that you don’t play or work w R. Kelly, we’re not overly sensitive. It triggers people. It builds a culture of permissiveness & excuse making. And most of all, because it *funds* his ability to be a predator. cc:

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  18. Jan 3

    May this be the generation of black families breaking our most harmful cycles, and black communities disrupting our most painful patterns.

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  19. Jan 3

    There’s always a network of enablers when a predator’s actions are this vast. I can’t listen to this man chuckle who watched this whole thing go on.

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  20. Jan 3

    Friends of mine went to Kenwood and nearby schools. They told me about his habits; this is a pattern. It was never about one video.

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  21. Jan 3

    What is scary for so many of us is just how layered this all is-and just how many folks are indicted when we hold people in *our* community accountable for sexual abuse. That’s why we have such a hard time with this. It’s a proxy for our collective pain.

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