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Black Men Need to Stop Trying to Silence Black Women
On my lunch break, I saw Snoop Dogg and Gayle King were trending on Twitter. In an interview, Gayle King asked WNBA star Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant’s rape charge. Leslie shared her opinion, and that should have been that. Then, Snoop Dogg made a seemingly threatening video towards Gayle King telling her that as a black woman, she should not call out a black man.
Not long ago, Oprah announced that she was stepping away from a documentary focused on the accusations of Russell Simmons as a potential predator. While Oprah left her reasons for leaving the project vague, since her announcement of the project, people from the African American community attacked her for being part of a project that would call out a black man.
As a half-black man, I see this is a terrible message for people to send to the black community.
The Cognitive Bias
Was Kobe guilty? I have no clue. That whole situation was really messy, so I won’t touch it with a ten-foot pole. I’ve been a fan of Russell Simmons for his work with Def Jam Records, but even more so for his incredible books like Super Rich and Success Through…
