Thread by @TheRoot

What’s up folks, @_FeliceLeon here and tonight #TheRoot and @hbomax present: Black Women Breaking The Silence.

Join us tonight for a conversation moderated by @ElaineWelteroth, featuring @deardrewdixon @SheriSher_Bx & @kiernamayo. Let’s go!

#OnTheRecord

ICYMI: At least 1 in 5 Black women are survivors of sexual assault.

At least 35% of Black women have experienced some form of contact sexual violence during their lifetime.

Let's talk about it. #OnTheRecord

"Black people didn't seem to know that the film [@OnTheRecordDoc] existed... I'm sort of in a place of pain about this, to be honest with you" @deardrewdixon

"Coming out [with my story of survival] in 2017, I felt like, 'I've got to do this.' I knew that all of these women weren't lying." -@SheriSher_Bx

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"When we say, #BlackLivesMatter, we must understand that this means Black women, Black trans people, Black disabled people. All of us." -@kiernamayo

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"It's a really bad practice for one to be given a platform with no regard to the allegations held against them.

Our intraracial conversation really hasn't begun."

@kiernamayo on the role of media amplifying and suppressing voices of survivors. #OnTheRecord

"Black people are really stuck in a very compelling idea or respectability politics...

I propose that we move away from the white gaze so we are not mired with a false sense of who we are." -@kiernamayo #OnTheRecord

"I don't trust them [police officers] in part because I love you, Black man. So why don't you love me back?!" @deardrewdixon

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"No, I'm not bringing down a Black man, I'm bringing down a rapist. if he raped me, then he raped me." @SheriSher_Bx

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"I didn't come forward for 22 years because of how the Black community treated Anita Hill" @deardrewdixon

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"Pick a side, because your silence is violence... are you with the rapists, or the women?

As Black women, who is going to protect us?"

@deardrewdixon 's message to Black men

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"If you want to do the work of white supremacy, you can ignore the rape of Black women and girls"

-@deardrewdixon #OnTheRecord

Thank you @deardrewdixon @SheriSher_Bx & @Sil_Lai for sharing your powerful stories. Thank you @ElaineWelteroth & @kiernamayo for your contributions to this conversation.

Thank YOU to our audience for engaging in this important conversation, too! #OnTheRecord

Check out TheRoot.com for our full conversation.

If you haven't already done so, please watch @OnTheRecordDoc on @hbomax right NOW.

If you or anyone you know needs someone to talk to, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE 🙏🏿