U know when i first entered this thread i had tha same thought process as
@Matt504 "if tha mother didn't take away his phone none of this would happen." Then a thought hit me.
"You know if ppl thought tht tha white man would be brought to justice for his actions then no one would be blaming tha mother right?"
At first i thought duh
thts obvious. Then i realized tha true nature of victim blaming. We as a ppl have been so used to being victimized at tha hands of our enemies that we've taken a passive, cowardly approach and completely skipped over making sure tha victimizer is brought to justice and instead are now finding ways to blame tha victimized. This has bred a culture of complacency among us tht encourages us to accept being victimized as 'tha way things are' and places tha onus of blame on ourselves.
I say shyt like this should serve as a wake up call for all able bodied and able minded men (myself included) in our community to make sure anybody who poses as a threat to our ppl gets taken to task. Then maybe some of us won't be so pressed to use tha cowardly defense mechanism of blaming tha victim.