That’s been pretty evident from day one but I’m at a loss as why anyone would waste any energy on an article on this? Can you imagine the countless black children and other people who dodged the bullets? Why go sniffing out the S41t? Is it not best left covered where black people are concerned.
Thanks for engaging, Karen. This piece isn’t about minimising harm or suggesting Black children were “lucky”. It examines what the newly released records show about how race operated within Epstein’s network and how Black people were discussed in private correspondence - an aspect that has received little attention in coverage despite appearing repeatedly in the files.
The material also raises serious questions about the access Epstein and people around him believed they had to Black people they discussed testing or measuring, including Nigerian women and Jamaican athletes. Examining this is part of understanding how power, race and abuse intersected in his world.
I understand why some people want to read reassurance into this - but there's no cause to celebrate, in my view. My concern is that the record doesn’t show an absence of interest in Black bodies so much as a different kind of interest. The files contain racialised language and discussions that point towards testing, measuring, pathologising and access, rather than sexual desire or desire to abuse. The access they had or have to Black people is particularly unsettling!
This all matters because abuse does not only take one form. Power can operate through experimentation, classification and dehumanisation just as much as through sexual violence. Examining that material is not about gratitude or relief, but about understanding how race shaped the ways harm, entitlement and curiosity were expressed in Epstein’s world.
Absolutely. Blonde girls appeared like a currency for this man & many in his circle of jerks. Trumpeting disgust at black girls is the flip side of that coin. They were objectifiers & they were racist.
Hmm. Unsurprising. Who wrote The Bell Curve? The fixation on our intellect and bodies is tedious.
As a Jamaican, I think Robert Trivers needs to be investigated. I think he's a pedo-racist. And I'm sure he's been doing Epstein stuff in Jamaica.
Lordy😏
I'm glad Nadine is shining a light on this aspect of Epstein's already repugnant behaviour and views.
Thanks, Ella. Really appreciate this!
That’s been pretty evident from day one but I’m at a loss as why anyone would waste any energy on an article on this? Can you imagine the countless black children and other people who dodged the bullets? Why go sniffing out the S41t? Is it not best left covered where black people are concerned.
Thanks for engaging, Karen. This piece isn’t about minimising harm or suggesting Black children were “lucky”. It examines what the newly released records show about how race operated within Epstein’s network and how Black people were discussed in private correspondence - an aspect that has received little attention in coverage despite appearing repeatedly in the files.
The material also raises serious questions about the access Epstein and people around him believed they had to Black people they discussed testing or measuring, including Nigerian women and Jamaican athletes. Examining this is part of understanding how power, race and abuse intersected in his world.
My take from all of this is gratitude that such monsters don’t like black bodies.
In response to their curiosity, more people are becoming less naive and starting to question motives.
I understand why some people want to read reassurance into this - but there's no cause to celebrate, in my view. My concern is that the record doesn’t show an absence of interest in Black bodies so much as a different kind of interest. The files contain racialised language and discussions that point towards testing, measuring, pathologising and access, rather than sexual desire or desire to abuse. The access they had or have to Black people is particularly unsettling!
This all matters because abuse does not only take one form. Power can operate through experimentation, classification and dehumanisation just as much as through sexual violence. Examining that material is not about gratitude or relief, but about understanding how race shaped the ways harm, entitlement and curiosity were expressed in Epstein’s world.
Absolutely. Blonde girls appeared like a currency for this man & many in his circle of jerks. Trumpeting disgust at black girls is the flip side of that coin. They were objectifiers & they were racist.