stolenfromafrika
StolenFromAfrka
stolenfromafrika

I mean in his defense, I wouldn't wanna be a Bill. It's lonely, sitting up there on Capitol Hill.

Because he has a sad background and it was awhile before anyone heard about any allegations. So people were loathe to believe it. And honestly, black people as a whole has issues handling sexual abuse within our community. We don’t call the police, we just keep the kids away from Uncle Junebug, because he just can’t

I think people also don’t want to closely examine an overall cultural phenomenon where teenage girls are sexual conquests to be had, coupled with rape culture (she went to his concert, she agreed to go back to his house, what was she expecting? etc) and the idea that women are expected to regulate men’s behavior, plus

Isn’t most of R Kelly’s audience black? I believe them. Why isn’t there more backlash?

Very true. So many people were quick to dismiss his accusers and the girl from the rape tape as fast girls who went after Kelly. Even now people will say those girls wanted to be with him and should have known what they were getting themselves into. Can you imagine someone saying that about a 13 year old white girl? I