A Place With A Short History Don't Need Long Answers

I'm still thinking about Barbara Bowman's pleas for understanding - in the face of public opposition. 

I don't hear even a hint of appreciation (for a black man sticking up for her) here - only a charge of societal sexism - why?

Only after a man, Hannibal Buress, called Bill Cosby a rapist in a comedy act last month did the public outcry begin in earnest. The original video of Buress’s performance went viral,...

Because what Bowman's obviously left out is this place's racial politics (along with the sexism that was just-as-obviously used) in her This Is America mix: it was, specifically, a black man's criticism of respectability politics (which conservative whites endorsed, hiding behind Cosby, and Charles Barkley) that added weight to Bowman's rape allegations. 

Hannibal Buress put Bill Cosby in the rogues gallery to defend blacks who get beat up for living the country's truths. 

It was comedy, yes, but Bowman got lucky Buress cared - about justice - to stay-on-point and combat real ills for everyone. Even she doesn't care:

...While I am grateful for the new attention to Cosby’s crimes,...

First, no - it's not you, but America, who should be "grateful" - because the media will gladly swap a sex-charged Bill Cosby feeding frenzy over Buress' larger discussion of white supremacy, any day. 

Hannibal Buress' real point (which wasn't Cosby’s sex crimes but the hollowness of his, and white's, political arguments in regards to blacks) is already forgotten, and the real powers that be are more-than-happy to keep it that way.

"Please," they say, "talk about Mr. Cosby as long as you like,..."

I must ask my own questions: Why wasn’t I believed? Why didn’t I get the same reaction of shock and revulsion when I originally reported it? Why was I, a victim of sexual assault, further wronged by victim blaming when I came forward? The women victimized by Bill Cosby have been talking about his crimes for more than a decade. Why didn’t our stories go viral?

Yawn, been there-done that. If murder don't move 'em, mere rape ain't. Think O.J.. Ann Althouse posted this Bob Dylan line today, thinking she's being a Nazi-cute law professor here, maybe:

"In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion...."

Welcome to a land whose values are based on slavery, Ms. Bowman. Where assholes are mostly trying to make money. There was no money in "you" - until now - that's your short answer. Don't dare conform to actually giving a shit about people. Standing against giving a shit - that's the ticket. Tre cool. Some Americans practically consider it their natural cultural evolution.

...He can no longer be charged for his crimes against me because the statute of limitations is long past. That is also wrong. There should be no time limits on reporting these crimes, and one of my goals is to call for legislation to that end. Famous and wealthy perpetrators use their power to shame and silence their victims. It often takes years for young women to overcome those feeling and gain the confidence to come forward (by which point physical evidence is long gone). Our legal system shouldn’t silence them a second time.

You nailed it: looked behind the curtain - nothing's there.

Discovered "America" in all it's glory,...