I've stayed on top of this Dunbar Village story, mainly thanks to the fine coverage over at What About Our Daughters?. As I've stated in the past, I'm not obligated to blog about everything. Sometimes my narrow world view prevents me from being able to say anything other than the obvious. So, it's good that AverageSisterInLaw (who as I've previously noted helps me come up with 75% of my posts idea) is stepping up to bat to cover this since I'm out on assignment* this week. No, she doesn't have her own blog yet, but it's on the way.
I now present to you, today's GuestPost...
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So what is the most brutal act of violence you can possibly imagine? Take a minute and really consider it. Ok, now dump that image and consider this: Being gang-raped and then forced to perform oral sex on your own son. Yes, you read it correctly and it bears repeating because, surprise, surprise the American media doesn't give a damn about black women and continues to overlook the agonizing fact that this summer, a 35-year black woman WAS gang raped and then forced to perform oral sex on her own child.
This unthinkable, barbaric act happened on June 18, 2007 at the Dunbar Village Housing Project in, of all places, West Palm Beach, Florida. (Who even knew the PJ's existed in West Palm?) And I'll bet you've never even heard of this, right? If you have, consider yourself well-informed. You must be a news junkie who digs for stories buried on the back page. If you haven't, you are, amongst the vast majority, who have no idea what the hell I'm talking about. Please take a minute to educate yourself (thanks to one of only a handful of articles I've been able to uncover on this story):
For three hours, the pair say, they endured sheer terror as the 35-year old Haitian immigrant was raped and sodomized by up to 10 masked teenagers and her 12-year-old son was beaten in another room.Welcome to Dunbar Village, a place residents call hell.
Then, mother and son were reunited to endure the unspeakable: At gunpoint, the woman was forced to perform oral sex on the boy, she later told a TV station.
Afterward, they were doused with household cleansers, perhaps in a haphazard attempt to scrub the crime scene, or maybe simply to torture the victims even more. The solutions burned the boy's eyes.
The thugs then fled, taking with them a couple of hundred dollars' worth of cash, jewelry and cell phones.
In the interview with WPTV, the mother described how she and her son sobbed in the bathroom, too shocked to move. Then, in the dark of night, they walked a mile to the hospital because they had no phone to call for help.
Two teenagers, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old, have been arrested. Eight others are being sought.
Disturbed?
The added insult to this atrocity is the fact that not only is the mainstream media ignoring this but the black community doesn't seem to give a d@mn either. One Dunbar Village resident had this to say:
"So a lady was raped. Big deal," resident Paticiea Matlock said with disgust. (Emphasis added). "There's too much other crime happening here."Thanks for reminding me why we as a people can't get anywhere, Ms. Matlock. You're a gem.
Heartfelt thanks also go out to our self-selected black "leaders". We've been begging you for years to keep your mouths shut and to cease your shameless media-whoring ways. You've certainly come through for us on this one! I haven't seen nary a one of you make a public statement about Dunbar Village or offer any sort of support to the victims. Way to control yourselves, guys.
So now the choice is yours. You can wait for the Good Reverends to pipe up; you can stand-by and watch some Great White Hope swoop in, make a substantial contribution to the victims' fund and gain all the philanthropic glory or you can answer your conscience and do something by spreading the word, contacting your local media outlets and showing your support for the victims.
At Fla. housing project, rape just another crime [AP]
*Assignment = Day Job is asking me to actually work. The nerve.
