#birth of a nation

While prosecutors are continuing their investigation of Penn State as a result of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, a second accusation of sexual misconduct against Nate Parker has surfaced. While Parker was suspended from Penn’s wrestling team in the midst of being criminally charged with rape,...

I'm sick & tired of reading sisters on my social media accounts say that they won't see @NatTurnerFilm because @NateParker's wife is white. — rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) October 12, 2016 Your browser does not support iframes. Black women are tired. We’re tired of carrying the weight...

Medium/Screenshot What you are about to read about is (allegedly) not a defense of Nate Parker. Again, the essay you are about to read about is (allegedly) not a defense of Nate Parker. And yet, that is the man writer Feathers, a black woman, chose...  

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In a brave move, an hour-long news conference for Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation was held during the Toronto Film Festival Sunday. While most promotion and press for the film has been halted since the resurfacing of the 1999 rape accusation against the actor and director, all...