Filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons didn’t miss a beat when a white, female student told her at a 2003 Boston College screening of her documentary NO!, “Until I saw your film, I didn’t know that black women could be raped.” Simmons, a Philadelphia resident, calmly asked the young woman why she believed such a thing. The student replied that she didn’t think… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pages“Until I saw your film, I didn’t know that black women could be raped.”
If this is a real quote, then the person who uttered it is retarded. Or does not live anywhere on this planet. . .
Posted by wolf on Jul 9, 2007 at 3:43 PM Page 1 of 1 pages -
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