Surviving R. Kelly in the Me Too Era
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The recent Lifetime documentary series by dream hampton, "Surviving R. Kelly", brings the R&B legend back to the limelight, now through the testimonies of women of color who survived his abuses and sexual predatory behavior for decades. Maria and Julio are joined by Jamilah Lemieux, writer and media professional who was featured in the docuseries and April Reign, diversity and inclusion advocate, media commentator and the creator of #OscarsSoWhite. They talk about the role of race in R. Kelly’s alleged abuses and how it has been magnified by the Me Too movement.
For anyone in need, you can contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline 24/7 at 800.656.HOPE (4673) who will provide confidential and local support.
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Don’t have Lifetime or missed the series? Here’s April’s Twitter thread analysis of the docuseries. And here's another Twitter thread on the racial divide response to "Surviving R Kelly," the docuseries.
A comprehensive timeline of the allegations against R. Kelly, via NPR.
The series producer, dream hampton, interviewed about the creation of her documentary “Surviving R. Kelly," from Pitchfork.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey in the thick listeners, today's in the thick is an emotional conversation about rape and sexual assault. |
| 0:06.8 | If these are your triggers, please be advised. |
| 0:12.2 | Do Black Lives Matter? |
| 0:13.0 | Lives Matter, right? |
| 0:14.0 | Let's answer that, yes or no. |
| 0:16.0 | And if they do, doesn't that include Black Women's Lives |
| 0:20.0 | and Black Girls Lives? |
| 0:22.0 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to In The Fick. |
| 0:25.0 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Maria Inu Hosa. |
| 0:30.0 | And I'm Julio Rico Guarella. |
| 0:32.0 | So, we are so lucky to be in control of our media because we make decisions about what we want to talk about and when. |
| 0:40.0 | So we've made a decision that we're going to talk about a series that has pushed a hidden in plain sight need to issue right back into the limelight. |
| 0:48.5 | This is Dream Hampton's lifetime documentary series surviving R Kelly. |
| 0:54.0 | R Kelly is this fun, laughing, loving guy, |
| 0:58.0 | but Robert is the devil, is the devil. |
| 1:02.0 | R Kelly is at the top of the charts but he may be in for a fall |
| 1:05.0 | so the series highlights |
| 1:07.0 | uh... almost three decades of abuse by our Kelly |
| 1:11.0 | who used money fame and power to sexually abuse women, |
| 1:15.0 | mostly black girls. |
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