And what I realized is that I never took a moment to think about the woman.
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The longtime entertainer and racial justice activist called Parker’s film on Nat Turner’s slave rebellion “a victor”, wondering if “this [is] going to be the price that young Black women and men pay for making films of substance?”
Nate Parker reveals his awareness and consciousness about consent has changed since he was acquitted of rape more than a decade ago.
“I look back on that time, my indignant attitude and my heartfelt mission to prove my innocence with eyes that are more wise with time. I didn’t think about her then, and I didn’t think about her when I was saying those statements, which was wrong and insensitive”.
“I cannot- nor do I want to ignore the pain she endured during and following our trial”.
His remarks struck many as callous, especially when it surfaced days later that the woman had taken her own life in 2012 at age 30. I continue to fight for what’s important to me and I will, no matter how deeply I go under this microscope, no matter how bright the spotlight, I will fight against injustice in everything I do. “Now you’re making a guess about the possibility”, she said. With the movie preparing to roll out in theaters on October 7, screenings are being canceled, and some critics are refusing to see the movie. The conversation about consent “wasn’t a conversation people were having” in 1999, Parker told Ebony. Parker was told that he didn’t think about his accuser when he made his responses, which they said was wrong and insensitive.
“I was acting as if I was the victim”, he added. It’s like someone pointing at you and you have a stain on your shirt and you don’t even know it.
During the interview, Parker discusses, in a brutally honest fashion, what he would tell his 19-year-old self now seventeen years later and what his definition of “consent” is, both now and back then.
“I’m understanding that I’m dealing with a problem, like an addiction”, he said. “The fact that I said I wouldn’t wear a dress, or that I’m not interested in gay roles, I can see now that was being exclusionary”. “And guess what? I’m sorry”. [Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Images]”I called a couple of sisters that know that are in the space that talk about the feminist movement and toxic masculinity, and just asked questions”, Parker continued, “What did I do wrong?”
You can read Parker’s full interview at EBONY. I had to ask people I know like, is this homophobic?
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Actor, writer and director John Schneider, known for his past role on the “Dukes of Hazzard” and current role on “The Haves and the Have Nots”, thought the first flood he experienced at his Louisiana production studio was bad but says he now knows there are different levels of what’s considered “bad”.
