HBCUs have a long history of neglecting survivors of sexual assault.
Clarissa Brooks July 12, 2021
Last month, Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction, citing a prosecutorial error. Among those celebrating his release, though, was the actress Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show. In response to the news, Rashad tweeted, “FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted – a miscarriage of justice is corrected!”
Her tweet was met with outrage, with many pointing out that her blatant disregard for survivors was especially galling given that she had recently been named a dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University. Yet for those with experience with historically Black colleges and universities and how those institutions treat survivors of sexual assault, nothing about the incident came as a shock. Read the article HERE.