nate parker
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Al Sharpton to Question 'Right-Wing Motives' in Bringing Up Nate Parker College Rape Accusations
The Rev. Al Sharpton is slated to discuss “conservative right-wing attempts” to discredit Nate Parker and his upcoming film, The Birth of a Nation, during National Action Network’s action rally and radio broadcast Saturday. According to a press release by NAN, Sharpton will question the “right-wing motives” of bringing up the 17-year-old rape case as a…
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Experience A Rape Trial Through The Perspective Of A Victim
You’ve just experienced the worst night of your life. Maybe you remember all of the details, maybe you don’t. And truly, both circumstances are a unique brand of unfathomable hell. Either the detailed knowledge of all the ways that you have been irrevocably violated seared into your brain for eternity. Or a gaping space of…
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Dear Men Who Very Obviously Hate Women: Do Yourselves A Favor And Just Admit It!
The idea that overt and unambiguous racism is preferable to subtler forms of prejudice is not a terribly uncommon one among Black people. Of course, like Tyga’s music and soft chicken wings, all racism is really bad. But if given the choice between clear racism and concealed and/or confusing racism, many of us (myself included) would choose…
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Why Nate Parker's College Rape Accusations Resurfacing Isn't Because Of Some Conspiracy, Explained
Who is Nate Parker? Nate Parker is an actor, director, writer, and producer who’s been in over a dozen movies, including Red Tails, The Great Debaters, Beyond the Lights, and The Secret Life of Bees. Interestingly enough, the 36-year-old Parker, who was an All-American wrestler in college, can trace his acting career to an especially fortuitous…
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Beyond The Lights: Here's Why I Go To Movie Screenings
[DISCLAIMER: There are no spoilers in this. Some of you may feel like there are though. There aren’t. But we’re all allowed to have feelings. If you intend to see Beyond the Lights, just keep that in mind. Your feelings that is; not my lack of a spoiler.] It feels like nearly once a week,…