#the birth of a nation

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...

ESSENCE What a friend we have in Gabrielle Union. While Nate Parker continues to question why his 17-year-old rape accusation is still a thing, Gabrielle has spoken out in support of rape survivors and victims who’ve chosen to boycott The Birth of a Nation. In a...  

"If you want to hold him to that then you need to hold everybody else that's done something to the exact same standard."  

Twitter/Getty Images Nate Parker recently gave an Ebony.com interview where he confronted rape allegations and male privilege, after previously giving several other ill-advised interviews about his 1999 rape case that sparked backlash leading many to retract support for the much-anticipated Fall

Getty Images Nate Parker, in a Facebook post, is still saying he had consensual sex with an inebriated woman while a student at Penn State in 1999. But within his 480 words, there was no apology. Parker’s post came on the heels of the victim’s brother...