I hate this country for its racism pt2

Air date 14 Nov 2007. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_kBF9barjM

Noose incidents and violent attacks illustrate an alarming increase in overt racist symbolism and violence across the country. We speak to Malik Shabazz, lawyer for an African American woman in West Virginia who was kidnapped, tortured and raped by six white captors. We're also joined by Luz Marquez of the National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, and activist, teacher, author, and journalist Herb Boyd.

We begin, however, with a story that's received less media attention than the noose incidents. This September, a twenty-year-old African American woman in West Virginia was kidnapped, raped, tortured, held captive for over a week by six white men and women. I'm talking about Megan Williams. This is an excerpt of how she described her ordeal to the Associated Press in October.

MEGAN WILLIAMS: They were torturing me. They all passed a knife around that was -- and stabbing me. I was trying to get away as they were stabbing me, and they were holding me down and stuff. And they smothered me with a bag. That morning, I had a bag wrapped around my neck and everything. They choked me. They made me eat dog poop, rat poop and human. They made me drink their urine. And each time, they braided some switches together, and they were beating me across the back. They tore my clothes off me and everything.

And then they took me up to a lake. They said that was the place they were going to cut my throat and throw me in, and I was never going to come back and see my family again. They were just telling me that they were going to kill me.

And, you know, I was -- they made me take a bath in a trash can. They wouldn't let me use the bathroom. I had to use the bathroom outside. I had to sleep outside. And they told me if they even remotely heard me once, that they would go out there and kill me. They poured candle wax in my hair. They pulled my hair out when they were cutting it with scissors. And, you know, they were just scary.

They had me tied up. I couldn't go anywhere. Like the time when they left, they were going to go get some beer and stuff, and when they came back they said they were going to finish me off. And before they even got back, I had already got loose. I found a knife and cut myself loose.

I heard the police coming up to the driveway. When I'd seen the police, I just -- you know, I knew it was, you know, my chance to get out. And if I didn't, I was going to die anyway. And then, that's when they see me coming out there, and they thought -- they said I was going to lose my leg, when they see about the stabs. And I was scared. I didn't know what to do. All I kept saying -- I was thinking about my momma, also wanting to come home. And every time I close my eyes, all I see is that knife, the one they kept stabbing me and stabbing me. It's just -- you know, it's a nightmare.

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• america
• race
• relations

[KeAShot]

I feel sorry for the girl, but what about the white boy who got jumped by 6 black boys? Theres wasnt muchy said about that? :/... Just, "White kid was jumped by 6 blacks... and uh... he had a concussion, back to you" now...

[paulymars]

Racism of any kind sux. There is much more white racism against ppl of color in this country. Its part of the system. If u speak of jena 6, yes it was wrong what they did, It was also wrong for that white kid to shout racial slurs at those 6 blacks. Those 6 blacks were charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon (a sneaker). Do u think if it was 6 whites beating a black that they would be charged likewise?

[bdubya98]

@moojeed

I knew this wasn't true!!

Thanks!!

[moojeed]

Google: Al Sharpton rushes to save reputation as Megan Williams admits hoax.

I wonder if the dildo who posted this video will report the latest chapter of Megan William's dysfunctional life.

The prosecutor said that he would't trust Miss Williams' retraction because she is mentally slow and tends to make things up. Isn't that the kind of thing you consider before you browbeat a bunch of dumb hillbillies into accepting plea bargains?

If Megan Williams had been White, we wouldn't know her name.

[truth2masses]

the whites are showing their demonic sides to those who want to be with them.they know their time is up.

[zeb120]

yeah

id see you say this

if they were doing those same things to you and making you eat poop and cut your hair and rape you and show you knives which they would use to slit your throat

[zeb120]

i accept blacks form gangs and they act tough but NONE of them are racissts

its only been 60 years that the black man has gained some muscular strength and media support

but whites have always been damaging this mother earth since they became white

[zeb120]

its always been a problem with the white races

you go to their pubs or towns

i dont know why this white race is always feeling so vulnerable and scared and prejudiced

i mean wtf

[truth2masses]

slayer, the white man is not a devil he's not some devil ,the white man is thee devil!

[tekkote]

Bull-Shit motherfuckers! Hill Billy sissy`s and whore bait Bitches!

[tekkote]

That`s all right cause in the end gray boy mf`ers are going to get their fucking heads chopped off too,and their dicks shoved in their pussy-sissy asses and sent to their whore-bait bitches!!!

[KushWarriorReturns]

To ruggedpoet:

Not because she was dating this cavedweller that this detail can be a reason for raping her. If this is the way you think you are a savage European Homosapian.