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Mo Kelly: R. Kelly is Forgiven, but Sandusky Isn’t?

November 17, 2011 By 33 Comments

R. Kelly is Forgiven, but Sandusky Isn't?

Political and entertainment journalist, Mo Kelly, poses an interesting question on his web show, The Mo’ Kelly Report:

If Black people can forgive R. Kelly, why all the outrage over Penn State coach, Jerry Sandusky?

 

If you check those same Black media outlets decrying the mistreatment of Black children in Pennsylvania, you will likely find write-ups celebrating the impending release of the forthcoming R. Kelly CD…Black Panties.

It’s ok to promote the alleged Black pedophile and his project Black Panties, while simultaneously assail[ing] Penn State and Jerry Sandusky?

Really?

Are we more willing to accept abusers who look like “us?”

In 2002, a video surfaced of “allegedly” Kelly engaging in sex with and urinating on an underage girl. The video was seen by thousands, and everyone claims that it is R.Kelly though he continues to deny it.  After years of delay and legal maneuvering,   Kelly was found not guilty of all 14 counts levied against him. In 2003 in Florida, Kelly was arrested  again on child pornography charges, but charges were dropped because of insufficient reason for the search warrant that turned up the damning video. Rumors have continued to surface about his unhealthy—and illegal—attraction to underage girls. He married late R&B princess, Aaliyah Haughton, when she was just 15-years-old.  Though both singers denied the allegations, Vibe magazine published the marriage license, proving that Aaliyah had lied and stated her age as eighteen. The marriage was invalid and quickly annulled.

 

 

Weigh in YBW Fam: Does R. Kelly get a pass, while Sandusky is viewed as the pedophile he is reported to be?

 

 

 

 

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Olin-Ross/546574576 Olin Ross

    God will handle all these evil demonic people…..

    • Makar

      Hopefully God will employ the laws of the land and use those who are put here to enforce them!  God will deal with them when they stand before him.

  • Pierrefection80

    When did this thing become a r kelly issue? Who says Kelly had a free pass? Maybe you let Sandusky be a role model to your son if you are so ready to forgive him and give him a free pass

  • Anonymous

    I didn’t know Kelly got a pass. But compare the two is uncalled for. 

  • Metafly

    Neither one of them get a pass! Both prayed on under represented kids. Both have supporters. Same asshole different shade. People were easier on Kelly because he molested a girl. May seem strange, but oh so true. Sandusky molested boys. Society will look at them differently. All their supporters are mentally impaired in some way. Shame.

    • worpe

      The thing is R. Kelly didn’t “molest” the girl. Ugh, I really wish people would use these terms correctly.

      It’s molestation when an adult is having sex with a prepubescent child.
      It’s statutory rape when an adult is having sex with someone under the age of consent.

    • worpe

      The thing is R. Kelly didn’t “molest” the girl. Ugh, I really wish people would use these terms correctly.

      It’s molestation when an adult is having sex with a prepubescent child.
      It’s statutory rape when an adult is having sex with someone under the age of consent.

      • A_storm_is_rising

        If kids are involved and in this sense I mean someone not of legal age, and a full grown adult is involved, especially someone moving into their 20′s and up, it is wrong. PERIOD! Stop trying to hide behind legal definitions. 

        • worpe

          Save the holier than thou BS! I’m not “hiding” behind legal definitions nor am I implying that it’s NOT wrong. Don’t put words in my mouth. It just irks me when people want to ACT smart and use terms incorrectly. What I said is both biologically and legally correct. Children are those who are prepubescent to infant. An adult can have consensual sex with someone who’s the age of consent.

          • channelit

            Who gives a shit about you or your correctness. We will use the terms as we see fit. If you don’t get. Get out the conversation!   

          • worpe

            You cared enough to respond and you’re supposed to use the terms CORRECTLY, not how YOU feel it should be. Use your head.

          • Wallaceharris62

            I think sir, you just want some attention. so now you got it , now back to the conversation at hand. what do you think about this so call black journalist comparing apples and oranges..

          • channelit

            Again, who gives a shit about you or your correctness.

          • channelit

            Let’s all look at the idiot for what it is, then ignore it and move on. You can see that it is anxiously waiting to pounce on any incorrect use of a word. This is not an english class nor do we give a shit about you or your correctness or how you want us to use words. We all know what we are referring to and talking about. We don’t need your holier than thou ass correcting us. You were just waiting for an opportunity to let us all know that you’re smart and know the meaning s of words. You were anxious to let us now what kids, children, babies, infants, adults, grown ups, teenagers and all that other bull shit you were explaining for biological and legal use. We talk how we talk and there ain’t shit you can say or do or correct about it. Write that shit down in a legal brief if you want accolades. Because we don’t give a shit about you or your intellect because we simply all no what we’re talking about and you aren’t gonna change that. So, get out the conversation.   

          • channelit

            I’ll prove it.  

          • channelit

            WATCH THIS RAMOUS GO AFTER SOMETHING SMALL AS KNOW AND. Just as an example NOW.

      • Anonymous

        Yeah, I dont agree with Kelly at all, but he did not force, or make anybody do anything. He screwed around with girls that were too young but at there own willingness. Think about the law, you go to one state, the age of consent is 16, you go to another, it is 17, it was a statutory charge. In other words, he messed around with some young and fast girls, he did not prey on some lil kids! I still think he is a lil perv tho! LOL

        • TheresaASanders

          Would you feel this way if someone had sex with your underaged daughter, sister, etc?  I highly doubt you’d consider them to be “young a fast”…come on now…

          • Anonymous

            To be honest with you, When my daughter turns 14 and I know that shes going into that fast tail direction, I would expect for some dude to try to take advantage of her fragile mind. It will make it a little bit easier that she is fast. I mean lets keep it real,men use to sleep with young girls not to long ago and it was not a problem until the law saw fit to make it one. I mean I can look back into my family with my great grandparents and others, the men were always so much older than the women. In fact most of the time, they were messing around with these women when they were young girls. It was nothing for a 21 plus male to have a 14 or 15 girl. Back then they were not looked at as babies. Me personally, when I see girls this age, I see little girls that are silly, and want nothing from them. Some of these girls are highly developed and look like grown women, and a peter only knows what looks good with the eye. Just keepin it real! Hell, if you were to take some of these girls and lock them up in a room with a grown man, and didnt tell them their age, most men would be catching some serious charges. What I am saying is, you can’t hide a sexual nature, if one visually sees something that looks good, you know what happens next. The only thing that will or should stop them is actually knowing the age, and it turns them off. Child molestation in my mind is someone taking a 9 to maybe 13 year old and manipulating them. Now I always thought that 14 and up was considered to be staturtory or enticing a minor which is still wrong, but slightly different. When I was 14 (as well as most boys) I would have paid for a full grown woman to seduce me!

  • Wallaceharris62

    why is there always some self hating black person that is always trying to defend the illegal doings of white people, when the illegal act ie done to Afro-Americans. Are you some kind of freak, how in the world can you compare what this man has done to these young boys to what R. Kelly was found not guilty of doing.Mabe Mr. Kelly you would like it if some man took your manhood( sorry, mabe some one already have) If Mr. kelly was found guilty I would say the hell with him too. But Mr. fool, he was found not guilty!!!!!! So please stop trying to inpress you white friends white this ( forgive one then forgive all) Not even the white news media would try to compare such a thing.

    • morgan

      THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU! You hit the nail right on the head. I’m sure many of us are aware that R. Kelly has issues but to draw parallels between him and Sandusky is absurd. If anyone can’t see the difference then it’s best to not even discuss either of their cases before you look dumb. The funny thing is I’ve only came across this on Mo’ Kelly’s article and he has history of constantly bringing R. Kelly up so he’s obviously biased. He also goes after Tyler Perry in attempt to wake up Black America. How is constantly trashing celebrities, drawing parallels that don’t match and creating weak arguments going to change anything? At least, be reasonable.

  • David2001

    There are over 30 million black Americans. THIRTY MILLION black Americans didn’t forgive R Kelly. What an idiot this guy is. Look for this black idiot to be seen on cable news shows everywhere.

    We need to stop saying “black people” as if we are some sort of monolithic group that thinks the same. People like this Mo Kelly is just as bad as many racist whites in the media. If anyone gave R Kelly a pass if was black members of the entertainment media. The same media that makes money selling the n word and some of the worst racial stereotypes of blacks to whites for millions.

    Sandusky and those who ignored his molestation for years are a disgrace. But it’s just as disgraceful for a black person to try to deflect attention away from this white animal back onto black people.

    • Bobbiew18

      I totally agree with you.  I can’t believe that he had the nerve to compare the two men. The worst thing is to say “WE” gave R. Kelley a pass.  (Kelly?).  We could mean anyone and/or everyone.  

  • Lode

    How can you even compare the two and on top of that generalize ALL black Americans? Epic fail.

  • Derrick Witherspoon

    This is coonin’ to the max. The black community in general has always had an intolerance for pedophiles. R Kelly’s career and reputation took a significant hit after those allegations were known, and he was found NOT GUILTY of those charges. Sandusky ran a “charity program” that was a grooming ground for him molesting adolescent and pre-pubescent boys, mostly black males. R Kelly is a suspected pedophile (who was acquitted), but Sandusky is a suspected pedophile AND most likely a vile, sadistic, racist beast. 

    • morgan

      R. Kelly isn’t a suspected pedophile.

  • channelit

    We didn’t give R. Kelly a pass. Have you noticed his music isn’t selling like it use to? Also, It would take an ignoramous like you to pose this dumbass question and call it writing. And I feel WHAT HAPPEN TO THOSE LIL BOYS  more deeply when I KNOW THAT THEY WERE BLACK BOY CHILDDREN THAT WERE RAPED BY A WHITE ADULT MALE WHO USED A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO  MASK HIS DEVIANT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.  AND FURTHERMORE, R. KELLY WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY AND THE  FBI reviewed the tape and could not identify Kelly as being on the tape. So take a chill pill fool and gathert your ignorance together and stop acting like black people are stupid and don’t know any better. We have the ability to know that R. Kelly WASN’T working with a full deck when he married Aliyah. So don’t make it seem like we  black people didn’t have our suspicions about him. I guess you call yourself being controversial but you missed terribly.

  • Quzi

    Seriously?! They’re not even comparable and how did R. Kelly get a pass?
    Eh, sit down. The guy will forever be known as Mr. “Piss on You” and
    his name is synonymous to pee now. He didn’t get a pass. Aside for his
    music and talent what is R. Kelly known for? The sex tape and that will
    always be attached to his name no matter what. Sure his career didn’t
    take a hit but he most certainly didn’t get a pass from the black
    community. How is this “writer” going to generalize the entire black
    community? How are you going to even compare R. Kelly to a serial
    pedophile like Sandusky? Are you trying to take attention away from
    Sandusky? That has been done enough by the white media. For some reason
    they’re focusing on Joe Paterno instead of Sandusky. FYI, there are
    black people who could careless about R. Kelly. In fact, the most praise
    R. Kelly gets is from the white press, not the black. The white press
    loves R. Kelly. So let’s do our research before making weak comparisons
    and assumptions.

  • Jhenson12

    I knew this was bs when I read the headline. i never supported R. Kelly, don’t care for him or his music and I believe it was him on the tape but here is the difference…1. he denied it was him(whatever)2. the girl denied it was her..in the other case, the pervert admitted he was naked and in the shower with the kid “horsing around” and someone saw him with real eyes…so I am lost at how these can be compared…always trying to give white people a pass but will slam a brother or sister quick…dangerous n…..

  • Cekirk2356

    I have one thing to say, who hell are you to say that BLACK PEOPLE give R Kelly a pass?  I’m Black, I don’t buy nor listen to his music because in my opinion he is a sick pervert.  So before you make bold a.. statements like that you need to get your facts straight and stop trying to put all Black people in the same box.  Why do white folk allow their teenage kids to scream and talk back to them?  My bad, I should have said, why do SOME white folk allow….

  • Sfoster1

    I don’t support R. Kelly or anyone who significantly degrades or abuses people. I look forward to the day that we can 100% prove that a person has committed a crime so that human predators can be dealt with more effectively. But, as long as society suffers from post traumatic syndromes (racism, sexism, agism, etc..), even the victims will be socialized to support the predators.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EGXZ26MK42CPGJ2FMIR3VXS4T4 flextime

    A child molester is a child molester…PERIOD

    If you have sexual relations with a person that is under 17 years of age with or without their consent is a …..CHILD MOLESTER.

    R. Kelly did get a free pass from the Black community. We are far to accepting of these folks in our presence and lives.   Anybody that defends R. Kelly really is sick.  Sandusky is sick and should be put under the jail house in a pit of alligators along with R. Kelly.

  • Justiceseekerstexas

    You can’t compare R Kellys incident to Sandusky the evidence proves that R kelly didn’t rape his victim thus he was not found guilty and we know that the young lady may have been explorted but there was a hidden agenda , here is a man who took advantage of young boys and i can assure that there were know fathers in the household of the majority of these young men