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August 16, 2016April 16, 2022Race

Stop Excusing Black Men’s Violence — Like Nate Parker’s — for the Sake of Black Liberation

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Nate Parker’s recent comments about the rape charges brought against him in 1999 are absolutely vile. To give a backstory, Parker and his college roommate and co-writer of The Birth of a Nation, Jean Celestin, were charged with raping a 20-year-old student in their apartment. Parker was cleared of all charges, but Celestin was found guilty and...