sexual harassment Archives - Kehinde Thurman

I Don’t Like Her, But I Will Go Hard for Her as a Survivor: My Response to Taylor Swift’s (Almost Sorta) Centering on the TIME Person of the Year Cover

December 6, 2017

I had a first reaction similar to many on the TIME person of the year piece....I was like, "Taylor? Why she front and center?" Okay, literally she was off center but figuratively she stay centered. Like whiteness. And as always, my mind went to those who are most vulnerable. I can't stand much about Taylor Swift (probably all that she stands for and symbolizes) but I think it's important that we not minimize the experience of any person who has been subjected to sexual assault/abuse/harassment.[...]

From Clarence Thomas to R. Kelly: Black Women, Sexual Violence and the Sexualized Race Card

January 15, 2014

1991 “This is a circus, it’s a national disgrace. And from my standpoint, as a black American, it is high-tech lynching for uppity blacks.” “I will not provide the rope for my own lynching or for further humiliation.” With those declarations, Clarence Thomas would help shape the narrative of discourse on sexual violence and Black women for the next twenty years. Thomas’ rhetoric brought with it recollections of an historical legacy that no one wanted to take part in-- the so[...]

I Don’t Get It: Confessions of a Male Observer of Sexual Harassment Discussion (Gordon Braxton)

June 7, 2013

Read an online article that addresses male privilege, white privilege, or anything of the sort and you will likely find a comment board littered with defensive comments from the group identified as having privilege. As the targeted parties often have less experience engaging the subject matter than the writers, it’s not uncommon to see people reflexively cry that a writer’s arguments are more offensive than the system that the writer is attempting to identify. Many of these reactions amo[...]