CONNECT Executive Director Quentin Walcott Joins me too. and TIME’S UP Advocates Reacting to Bill Cosby’s Release

In July 2021, Quentin Walcott opened up to COLORLINES and acknowledged the complexities of the Cosby case within the Black community. “We hold workshop roundtables with Black and Latino men and we were talking about Cosby and how racism trumps sexism in a sense, and that continues to negate the experiences of survivors, particularly women of color who experience violence from men of color,” said Walcott.
Walcott further explained, “Cosby is important to the culture because of his support for HBCUs, but we can also be critical to the culture of how our women are abused and silenced in so many different ways.” He continued by affirming that, “We also have to grapple with the idea that racism exists in these situations, and also sexism. Usually when we think about racism, we think about this attack on Black men, which exists, but then we negate the fact that racism is also about violence against women and girls.”
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