something worth reading
Henry Rollins on the Steubenville verdict.
"What made these young people think that that what they did was ok? What was in their upbringing, the information and morals instilled in them that allowed them to do what they did, minute after minute, laughing, joking, documenting it and then calling it a night and going home? Out of all the people who were witness to what happened, why wasn’t there someone putting a stop to it?"
When a friend sent me a link to the shameful reporting of the verdict on CNN, these are exactly the questions I was asking myself. If CNN, one of the top 3 U.S. television news outlets in terms of viewership, frames the verdict with sympathy for the rapists, how can we teach boys and girls to think and behave differently?
"What made these young people think that that what they did was ok? What was in their upbringing, the information and morals instilled in them that allowed them to do what they did, minute after minute, laughing, joking, documenting it and then calling it a night and going home? Out of all the people who were witness to what happened, why wasn’t there someone putting a stop to it?"
When a friend sent me a link to the shameful reporting of the verdict on CNN, these are exactly the questions I was asking myself. If CNN, one of the top 3 U.S. television news outlets in terms of viewership, frames the verdict with sympathy for the rapists, how can we teach boys and girls to think and behave differently?
Comments