Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Black Woman Accuses Charlie Rose of Racism for Not Sexually Harassing Her


We learn more about the intersectionality matrix via Rebecca Carroll.
From Esquire:
As one powerful man after another faces allegations of sexual misconduct, we’re still not talking about the ramifications for black women.
BY REBECCA CARROLL
DEC 4, 2017
In 1997, I joined the production team of Charlie Rose’s popular interview show. I was the only black journalist on staff. At the time, there was little to no recognition of what it meant to be black and female in a workplace dominated by white men. Twenty years later, in this watershed moment of examination and reckoning as one powerful white man after another is disgraced following allegations of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to assault, we’re still not talking about the ramifications for black women—or the broader connection to structural racism in America.
… And while many of us on staff were subject to Charlie’s unsolicited shoulder massages and physical intimidation, as he towered above us at a height over six feet tall, the women Charlie preferred and preyed upon—at least that I witnessed—were white. It was an environment that all but erased me, while simultaneously exploiting me as a black woman. …
In America, the most desirable woman in the room—the most sacred, coveted, enshrined woman—has always been the white woman. …
To be clear, I’m not suggesting it would have been preferable for Charlie to have preyed upon me, too—but rather, his sexualization of white women was a manifestation of gendered power dynamics in the same way that his not sexualizing me was an expression of racialized power dynamics.
(via Steve Sailer)

11 comments:

  1. Geez how desperate would Charlie have been to go after that?

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  2. Chris Rock and Wanda Sykes did a bit on this 20 years ago, God bless 'em:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26J3sXzl3g

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    1. Ha! BTW, seanot pre-commented the "What About Me?" line

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  3. But tonight let's ignore the nut cases & celebrate the good news - tonight Congress passes the largest tax cut in America's history. We can all agree that Libertarians for Trump were right all along.

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    1. but the State still get the same amount of revenue.

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    2. Government slashed spending? Since when? Whipping out a credit card with a larger credit line =/= libertarian ideals

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  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDXLjQBp0D0

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  5. If you haven't been accused, you are a nobody

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  6. I wonder, how much time is spent on such things by we Anarchist, where time would be better spent?
    No doubt, this is amazing, stupid, mind numbing... who cares?
    Are we falling down the rabbit holes?

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  7. $#!%, you can't tell anymore whether this is a real story or The Onion. Real news outdoes The Onion.

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