Thursday, November 17, 2011

Black Journalist Opens Up About Sexual Abuse After Penn St. Scandal

 

MSNBC pundit Goldie Taylor opened up and told her own story of sexual abuse on Twitter after the Penn State molestation scandal broke.

Taylor said she felt ashamed that she never had the courage to speak up earlier.

speaking to Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday, she called the allegations against Jerry Sandusky “deplorable” and “unthinkably evil.” She said that her anger over the cover-up at Penn State prompted her to finally speak up about her own experience.

She said, “If I’m angry that adults did not speak out then, then why am I not angry at myself for not telling my story and helping young women like me combat predators who are in our high schools and middle schools?”

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Black Journalist Opens Up About Sexual Abuse After Penn St. Scandal
NewsOne Staff
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:18:47 GMT

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