Read what she has to say she’s far better at saying it than me. Below are the messages she sent out without any editing from me. I originally heard all of this from a friend. ![]() Most importantly, to reiterate, we need to do everything we can to protect our communities, especially the young individuals in them. If we take the time to listen to the marginalized, to consider what they have to say, and proceed with our best intent, I think we can figure this out. Historically, we’ve been such bad supporters, many of us don’t know how to be good supporters. Instead, we should challenge each other to actively be better supporters. As men, we think we can skate by simply by not being abusers. I just want you to let your thoughts linger on the communities you care about and to think of ways you can make positive improvements to them.Įspecially the men out there. I’m not asking you to post about this (though you’re certainly encouraged to). Simply “being a good person” isn’t enough to improve your community. If that’s you’re prerogative, fine, I won’t judge you for it.īut understand: that doesn’t help. Reading this, it’s probably really easy to see a gigantic mess and to want nothing more than to avoid that mess. We need to do everything we can to prevent more victims. We need to do everything we can to protect the victims. And that’s often the problem with sexual assault in our country, isn’t it? The fact that we rarely put the actual victims first. ![]() Obviously, victims of sexual assault far outnumber the individuals who are falsely accused of it. Unfortunately, that mantra doesn’t take into account the number of people falsely accused of sexual assault compared to the number of sexual assault victims. When dealing with allegations against someone in your own personal circle, even if it’s just tangentially, I understand that, for some, the knee-jerk reaction is to stick to the “innocent until proven guilty” mantra. It is imperative that any writing communities, especially communities that foster youth, ban Roger from their events, circles and organizations. Roger Bonair-Agard, who has been a mainstay in slam poetry for many years, especially here in Chicago, has been accused of sexually assaulting at least two young women, and attempting to assault one other. Assault Allegations Regarding Roger Bonair-Agard
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