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This year’s
#TheRoot100 list of honorees is a reminder of the beauty and brilliance of blackness! Honoring the best and brightest of black America continues to be a revolutionary act and we salute this year’s honorees: https://trib.al/i0r9HAj pic.twitter.com/MUH4ktjQOM
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R. Kelly took a 16-year-old’s virginity. He had knowledge of her age and told her to tell people she was 19 and to act 21.
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“If it were white children being molested, R. Kelly would have been thrown in jail swiftly.”
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A black girl’s safety > a couple of hit songs
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It takes about 7 tries for a girl to leave her abuser for good. https://trib.al/6btg8i0
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If you’re an adult around R. Kelly & you’re aware of him assaulting young girls, then you’re just as sick as him. All of this protection over a man just because he gave you a couple of hits? A black girl’s life is more important than a couple of hit songs.
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“You know you’re doing something wrong when you have to put systems in place to protect yourself.”
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Doesn’t matter how someone found out about the tape, what matters is that it exists and that R. Kelly recorded himself having sex with a minor.
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“His attempt to say it wasn’t him is ridiculous. He has no accountability for his actions and doesn’t think he didn’t do anything wrong.”
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“The idea that R Kelly was using non-disclosure agreements means that he was cognizant of what he was doing and was trying to protect himself.” -
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According to a survivor, R. Kelly kept tapes of him having sex with multiple underage girls. R. Kelly treated one young girl as if she was a toilet and urinated on her. Abusers often want trophies from their criminal acts. https://trib.al/6btg8i0
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“He lied about her age and when I found out she was 14, then we didn’t have sex anymore.” This was all while R. Kelly was still married to Andrea Kelly. https://trib.al/6btg8i0
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“I introduced my niece to Robert and then I’d see them in the studio alone. I should have never introduced her to him.” Tonight’s night 2 of
@lifetimetv’s#SurvivingRKelly. This is a very hard time for many, so please be mindful how you approach conversations.pic.twitter.com/DpsScnYgHk
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Things did not go well after a man attempting to kidnap a woman chased her inside a karate studio. Behold the catching of hands. https://trib.al/zA8vdlc pic.twitter.com/hXG66CjQJj
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A couple who wrote to
#DylannRoof for advice, have been arrested and indicted after federal agents thwarted plans for a brutal massacre: https://trib.al/jatGUHn pic.twitter.com/WMjD5THnMy
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Researchers found emergency medical technicians and paramedics were 40 percent less likely to give black patients pain medication than white patients: https://trib.al/9XYxDST pic.twitter.com/YsTzexAVH3
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The new Congressional Black Caucus is the tip of the spear in the resistance to Trump & he’s not ready. W/ 55 members they make up almost a quarter of the Democrats in the House. Numerically this is the most powerful the CBC has ever been: https://trib.al/rK58kDn pic.twitter.com/EA5QVMpNUT
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A black teacher is suing her school district after colleagues and students asked her to translate slave speech and called her Aunt Jemima: https://trib.al/R8xd5AE pic.twitter.com/5nAdsgwsxg
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This week’s
#ClapbackMailbag is dedicated to those#WordPressWarriors who have entirely too much time on their hands and who haven’t realized that you can’t get upset at people who call out racism: https://trib.al/ZGBijU4 pic.twitter.com/2FlbCUK0v4
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The Root Retweeted
"People think when you come forward that's it. You're still dealing with living it every time you're describing incidents that happened."
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Nat Geo confirmed that they’re putting Neil deGrasse Tyson’s show on hold as they look into claims of sexual harassment and abuse: https://trib.al/2K7wpta pic.twitter.com/2VPYgFsfvz
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