There is a great deal of cheering going on that Bill Cosby has had his honorary degree taken from him .
I am a survivor of sexual emotional and physical abuse, and I don’t cheer this . I cheer the carrying forth of Justice , which means that this man was tried and found guilty of these crimes and made to give restitution to the victims .
Justice would have been for these women to have been believed when their wounds occurred , for them to have been validated , if proved true .
Now society wants to wash their hands of the matter and make a big public show of rejecting this man.
I am not fooled for a minute to think that an academic institution gives a rats ass about women other than to collect their frees .
The law exists , not to protect the guilty , but to shield the innocent.
And one has a constitutional right to due process , and a day in court , before losing titles and possessions.
This doesn’t just apply to “nice ” people.
Cheering this ultimately rewards the further erosion of the so called system ..,
And until we build something better – one never knows when one might need to call upon those laws to safe guard ones own life.
Have a trial ! Find him guilty – or be still .
And ,no matter what ,protect and provide healing services to the victims.. What does taking a degree from this man do to improve the quality of their lives ?
It just makes good press for the college …
I am not cheering.
Samsarah Morgan, DD Cht.
Is a counselor coach and hypnotherapist in private practice in Oakland Ca. She is a doula, childbirth, breastfeeding and parenting educator and family life coach. She is the founder and executive director of Nia Healing Center for Birth and Family Life (www.niahealingcenter.org) and Oakland Better Birth Foundation (www.oaklandbetterbirthfoundation.org)
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