Harry Belafonte Questions If Nate Parker’s Rape Case Is A “Birth Of A Nation” Smear Campaign Rape Apologist . That’s the charge some people will levy against Harry Belafonte for comments he made about Nate Parker’s rap case during an interview with the AP … “It’s interesting because it’s coming out the same time the film’s coming out,” he told the AP about the movie’s Oct. 7 release. “Of all the stories you can tell, why are you telling this story? And if he was somebody who had committed a crime and got away with it, but he faced the justice system.” “The fact that [the system] may have screwed up, the fact that it didn’t really take care of justice, the fact that he should have been punished or whatever is history,” the activist continued. “The fact is that he was confronted and then he did go through the process. Why are you bringing this up now? What has he done that requires this kind of animus?” Mr. Belafonte went on to say: “Is this going to be the price that young Black women and men pay for making films of substance?” he asked the AP. “Are they going to dig in and get dirt instead of fruit? What are we doing here?” Now many have echoed these comments in discussions surrounding Nate Parker’s rape case coming to the forefront just prior to the release of “Birth Of A Nation”. However, Harry Belafonte has a certain reputation for not exactly being sympathetic to the plights of black women according to Eartha Kitt: Can someone ask Harry Belafonte to comment about what he said to Eartha Kitt about black women? pic.twitter.com/Dk6pO56n9i — Yukio Strachan (@boldandworthy) August 24, 2016 It’s one thing to not date black women in the 50’s, but is the brilliant and insightful Harry Belafonte REALLY that ignorant to the reality of rape culture? Anyone wanna throw on a cape for ya mans? Image via WENN
