What Nate Parker did was absolutely disgusting. Raping a young girl is a punishable offense. Now, do not get me wrong, rape is an awful thing that should never happen to anyone, but why isn't anyone talking about Casey Affleck's rape? When he was a student at Penn State, a girl reported him and another student of raping her while she was unconscious. While she was unconscious? What kind of world do we live in where you can rape a female and get away with it? This made me think, why is everyone talking about Nate Parker and not Casey Affleck? I have come to a conclusion that the reason that people are talking about Nate Parker is because he is an African American man. Yes, this is about race. I do not think its fair that petitions are being signed for Nate Parker to be put in jail but Casey Affleck not to be. Casey Affleck, a successful white male is not being punished for what he had done.
This can be connected to the news and media. Have you ever noticed that when an Arab man commits a crime they are labeled "terrorist," or when a black man commits a crime, he is called a "thug." But when a white man commits a crime he is called a "lone wolf" or "mentally ill." I recently saw a tweet that read, "Breaking news: Mississippi man shoots shoppers inside of the Walmart because they will not sell him a Confederate flag." Mississippi man sure is a funny way of saying terrorist. Can you imagine what people would say if a Muslim or Arab man did that?
I am not whatsoever justifying Nate Parker's crime, but I do think that if people commit these heinous acts, then they should punished fairly and equally.
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