For Immediate Release:
Austin, TX – August, 5 2007- Fresh off a battle with Black Entertainment Television, Gina McCauley isn’t slowing down on her
blog, What About Our Daughters? McCauley is outraged over Al
Sharpton’s planned ” Day of Outrage” scheduled for August 7, 2007, also sponsored by the BloggingWhileBrown Blog
Her next targets are Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the NAACP and other
African American elites who have been noticeably silent about what may
be one of the most horrific crimes committed against a Black woman in
recent history, she’s talking about the June 18th gang rape of a
35-year- old woman that took place in Dunbar Village, a housing
project in West Palm Beach , Florida.
The woman was raped repeatedly for over three hours by at least ten
African American youths, while they brutally beat her son. Eventually
the woman and son were forced to lie naked together in their bathtub
and the woman was forced under gunpoint to perform oral sex on her
12-year-old son before the attackers poured cleaning solution on them,
burning the mother’s skin and blinding her son. Not a single neighbor
called the police and the woman and her son were forced to walk alone
to a hospital. Only three of the alleged attackers have been arrested
and residents of Dunbar Village aren’t talking to police.
McCauley is angry about a lack of public outrage from many of the
people who were so swift to inject themselves into the Duke rape case
a little over a year ago.
” Jesse Jackson and Rainbow PUSH rushed to issue press releases
announcing that they were going to give a college scholarship to the
Duke rape accuser .” McCauley said, referring to Jackson’s offer to
the Duke rape accuser.
In an interview with the Associated Press on June 15, 2006 Jackson
indicated that he was anxious to get in contact with the Duke rape
accuser. “”I can’t wait … to talk with her and have prayer with
her, because our organization is committed, when she’s physically and
emotionally able … to provide for her the scholarship money to
finish school so she will never … again have to stoop that low to
survive,” Jackson said from Chicago in a telephone interview with The
Associated Press at the time. Jackson has issued no such statements
in the case of the Dunbar Village rape victim. His silence and the
silence of others is damning to McCauley.
” Where is his press release offering a scholarship to this woman?
Where is the announcement of how much Rainbow Push has donated to this
poor woman and her child? Where is his offer to go down to Florida and
have prayer with this woman?”
McCauley goes on to criticize the NAACP for holding a press conference
of support for Michael Vick, but not doing the same for the West Palm
Beach victim. ” I mean Michael Vick is a multimillionaire who is more
than capable of defending himself, who is looking out for this poor
Black woman in Florida trying to eek out a living selling Avon and
delivering telephone books?”
When McCauley heard about Sharpton’s “Day of Outrage,” she decided to
wade into controversy again by pointing out what she thinks is a moral
inconsistency within the African American community.
” Here we have Sharpton initiating a self-promoting publicity blitz
announcing a national day of outrage about rap lyrics which denigrate
Black women, but I am not aware of a single e-mail from the National
Action Network speaking out about this brutal attack, asking the
residents of Dunbar Village to start cooperating with police, or
encouraging people to help this woman and her child.”
McCauley hopes that by targeting Sharpton, Jackson and other African
American leaders on her blog, she can produce some off line results.
” I notice that on his tour he plans a stop in Miami. That is not far
from West Palm Beach. I wonder if he is going to pass the collection
plate to contribute to this woman’s victim’s assistance fund?”
A victim’s assistance fund has been set up for the West Palm beach
woman and her child through Saint Ann’s Church in West Palm Beach, FL
Checks can be made payable to the Dunbar Village Victim Assistance
Fund-St. Ann. They can be dropped off at any Wachovia branch or mailed
to: St. Ann Catholic Church, 310 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL
33401. The church’s phone number is (561) 832-3757.
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Sincerely,
Gina
What About Our Daughters
“Combating negative portrayals of African American women in popular
culture.”
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You know, I was wondering why Rev. Jackson, Rev. Sharpton, Obama Barak, NAACP,THE 100 Men for Black boys, and any other civil rights, and black organizations has been so silent on this issue as well. In matter of fact, I have been pissed! First of all, Rev. Jackson can pray for Barry Bonds to break the HR record while he is in Chicago, but cannot take his ass to Florida to pray for this mother and her son? Rev. Sharpton can talk about how degrading Hip Hop Music is, but will not talk about how it influence 10 teenagers to rape and treat a 35 year old hard working church going mother like she was a B or a H? NAACP is concerned about Michael Vick being unfairly treated in the press, but yet do not speak about how unruly our young people are today?
And for the 100 Black Men, where are they? How come they did not go to Dunbar Village to save some of the black boys there before all of this happened? Last not not least, the so called Preachers are so silent. TD Jakes, Noel Jones, Eddie Long, and Creflo Dollar aint said jack. As black man and a preacher, I am denoucing all civil rights groups, and some preachers for thei lack of cry for this woman and child!!!