Loretta Ross
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And basically he said, outside I rape women, inside I'm raping men, and I'd like not to be a rapist anymore. My first reaction was disgust and outrage. I'm like, how dare you? We're a rape crisis center providing services to victims and we don't have enough money, we don't have enough staff, and y'all are the perpetrators asking us for help. I mean, I was pissed off to the heights of passivity.
And basically he said, outside I rape women, inside I'm raping men, and I'd like not to be a rapist anymore. My first reaction was disgust and outrage. I'm like, how dare you? We're a rape crisis center providing services to victims and we don't have enough money, we don't have enough staff, and y'all are the perpetrators asking us for help. I mean, I was pissed off to the heights of passivity.
And basically he said, outside I rape women, inside I'm raping men, and I'd like not to be a rapist anymore. My first reaction was disgust and outrage. I'm like, how dare you? We're a rape crisis center providing services to victims and we don't have enough money, we don't have enough staff, and y'all are the perpetrators asking us for help. I mean, I was pissed off to the heights of passivity.
But I didn't throw the letter away. I don't know why. I think curiosity and outrage made me go to Lorton to talk to William Fuller. I can't say I was prepared to cuss him out, but I was certainly prepared to gloat that he was in jail. But I did William's pain and the pain of those guys that they talked about what they had been through.
But I didn't throw the letter away. I don't know why. I think curiosity and outrage made me go to Lorton to talk to William Fuller. I can't say I was prepared to cuss him out, but I was certainly prepared to gloat that he was in jail. But I did William's pain and the pain of those guys that they talked about what they had been through.
But I didn't throw the letter away. I don't know why. I think curiosity and outrage made me go to Lorton to talk to William Fuller. I can't say I was prepared to cuss him out, but I was certainly prepared to gloat that he was in jail. But I did William's pain and the pain of those guys that they talked about what they had been through.
And that's when I realized that our society never wants to listen to what prisoners have been through. We only want to know what they did. And I was like, wow, this is not what I expected when I walked into this prison. I hadn't dealt with any of my trauma from being a rape and incest survivor from childhood and all of that. And because I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
And that's when I realized that our society never wants to listen to what prisoners have been through. We only want to know what they did. And I was like, wow, this is not what I expected when I walked into this prison. I hadn't dealt with any of my trauma from being a rape and incest survivor from childhood and all of that. And because I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
And that's when I realized that our society never wants to listen to what prisoners have been through. We only want to know what they did. And I was like, wow, this is not what I expected when I walked into this prison. I hadn't dealt with any of my trauma from being a rape and incest survivor from childhood and all of that. And because I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
I just started talking about my story. And they started telling their stories. And next thing I knew, some kind of weird kind of trust and bond was built through shared survivor stories. And so then Floyd Cochran came 20 years later.
I just started talking about my story. And they started telling their stories. And next thing I knew, some kind of weird kind of trust and bond was built through shared survivor stories. And so then Floyd Cochran came 20 years later.
I just started talking about my story. And they started telling their stories. And next thing I knew, some kind of weird kind of trust and bond was built through shared survivor stories. And so then Floyd Cochran came 20 years later.
As part of my job at the Center for Democratic Renewal, formerly the National Anti-Klan Network, was to parachute into towns that had experienced hate crimes or a Klan march or whatever. Und er hat die Gemeinschaft damit unterstützt. Aber Rev. C.T.
As part of my job at the Center for Democratic Renewal, formerly the National Anti-Klan Network, was to parachute into towns that had experienced hate crimes or a Klan march or whatever. Und er hat die Gemeinschaft damit unterstützt. Aber Rev. C.T.
As part of my job at the Center for Democratic Renewal, formerly the National Anti-Klan Network, was to parachute into towns that had experienced hate crimes or a Klan march or whatever. Und er hat die Gemeinschaft damit unterstützt. Aber Rev. C.T.
Vivian, der damals mein Vorsitzender war, und mein Boss, haben mir auch gesagt, dass Teil meines Jobs war, Menschen zu helfen, die von Hate-Movements ausgehen wollten, in eine normale Gesellschaft zu reinkommen. Und er hat sehr berühmt gesagt, dass wenn man Menschen hat, um Hate zu geben, dann musst du für sie da sein, wenn sie es tun. I didn't agree with that sentiment at all.
Vivian, der damals mein Vorsitzender war, und mein Boss, haben mir auch gesagt, dass Teil meines Jobs war, Menschen zu helfen, die von Hate-Movements ausgehen wollten, in eine normale Gesellschaft zu reinkommen. Und er hat sehr berühmt gesagt, dass wenn man Menschen hat, um Hate zu geben, dann musst du für sie da sein, wenn sie es tun. I didn't agree with that sentiment at all.
Vivian, der damals mein Vorsitzender war, und mein Boss, haben mir auch gesagt, dass Teil meines Jobs war, Menschen zu helfen, die von Hate-Movements ausgehen wollten, in eine normale Gesellschaft zu reinkommen. Und er hat sehr berühmt gesagt, dass wenn man Menschen hat, um Hate zu geben, dann musst du für sie da sein, wenn sie es tun. I didn't agree with that sentiment at all.
I mean, I'd gotten shot at as a 10-year-old in Mississippi. There was nothing in me that made me want to... feel any empathy for someone who is a Klansman and proud of it. There are accidental racists, there are reluctant racists. These are the proud racists. But anyway, part of my job was talking to Floyd Cochran. And Floyd Cochran had become the national spokesman for the Aryan Nations.
I mean, I'd gotten shot at as a 10-year-old in Mississippi. There was nothing in me that made me want to... feel any empathy for someone who is a Klansman and proud of it. There are accidental racists, there are reluctant racists. These are the proud racists. But anyway, part of my job was talking to Floyd Cochran. And Floyd Cochran had become the national spokesman for the Aryan Nations.