AlainLocke
Banned
As a kid I thought I knew alot about the Panthers,I had seen clips and read snippets from Eldridge Cleaver and heard stories about him. But honestly never heard he was a rapist,and hate to say this because it may be offensive. But he wasn't just some horny rapist,his mentality towards black women and idolization of white women immediately puts him on a level past just some horny rapist. When you put into perspective what he meant to the movement. I immediately lost all respect for the man,but I did finish his book because like Otis said,its good. You would think more would have been made of that by the people who wanted to take the panthers down. Just kind of tells you how rape wasn't that frowned upon back then I guess? But he was raping white women too,so I don't know,maybe I just missed those news clips.
Rape was frowned upon...
Cleaver wanted to rape White women get at White men and the system...his value of White women was due to the lack of value in himself and his hatred of being a descendant of a save.
Cleaver raped Black women because he didn't see any value in them at the time cause he didn't see any value of himself...and they were readily available.
So him raping White women was a political act...it was supposed to make him free.
I mean...he was "reformed" by the end of the book. He didn't think like that forever...
Man's a psychopath....
Anybody that can go from serial rapist, to political revolutionary, to fashion designer to Republican gotta be fukking crazy...