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As a journalist who enjoys reporting about beautiful models and fascinating women all over the world, I am deeply saddened by the latest events surrounding Amber Cole.
Amber Cole is a 14-year old female student who was videotaped on school grounds performing a sexual act with a male student. According to reports, she wasn’t forced to engage in this act and was comfortable enough to perform the act in the midst of other male students.
However, I’m almost 100% certain she didn’t give consent to whoever released this video and made her an object of ridicule on Twitter and other social networking sites. I know, most videos released to YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are released without consent, but there’s comes a point when we have to distinguish between right and wrong.
And this is dead wrong.
We could go on and on about how Amber Cole was a consenting participant, but similar to cases of statutory rape, minors can’t consent because they don’t have the maturity or mental aptitude to realize how physically and mentally detrimental such acts can be.
What Amber Cole consented to was a desperate act she thought would win back her ex-boyfriend, who also happened to be her first love. This was an emotionally starved, emotionally lost young lady whose self-esteem had been so severely damaged that she thought this was the only way for her to win back someone she loved.
Don’t you see the tragedy in that?
What she didn’t consent to was being humiliated, ridiculed, and degraded on a worldwide stage.
Yes, Amber Cole made a horrible decision and will have to live with that decision for the rest of her life.
Yes, there should have been better supervision on school property.
Yes, there are clearly issues regarding parental upbringing.
But this video clearly shows a young lady crying out for love. It’s a shame that she allowed herself to succumb to that level of self-degradation, but we’re talking about a 14-year old girl desperately in love. A young lady still trying to find her way in life while growing up in a generation that occasionally blurs success and financial stability with tell-all books from Karrine “Super-Head” Steffans and sex-tapes leaked by Kim Kardashian.
America, please stop watching the video. It’s useless, humiliating, and degrading.
Stop ridiculing Amber Cole.
Love and mentor this young lady so she can grow up to be a beautiful woman who radiates with self-confidence, beams with self-esteem, and can love while being loved.
Sources:
http://www.examiner.com/club-models-in-national/amber-cole-video-is-wrong-shameless-humiliating-and-degrading
http://globalgrind.com/news/leave-amber-cole-alone-social-media-victimizing-our-young-people
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/234673/20111020/amber-cole-video-oral-sex-caught-on-tape-14-years-twitter-facebook-bullying.htm
http://madamenoire.com/79202/our-apathy-amber-cole-and-the-disvalue-of-black-girls/
http://www.leaveambercolealone.com/
http://jezebel.com/5853116/i-am-amber-coles-father
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/amber-cole-video-alleged-teen-sextape-spreads-online-2851955.html
http://ajsupreme.wordpress.com/tag/amber-cole/
I do not know where to begin on such a critical situation like this one discussed above. I really cant begin to think where the girl's mind was because she was knowingly being recorded. I don't know if these boys forced and bullied her to do such a thing or if she willingly did this. Regardless of the fact she is an underaged child and this should and is being considered child pornography.
ReplyDeleteooo all imma say is this couldnt be my daughter. but at the same time im sure there are alot of people doing what she did. just so happen she got caught smh
ReplyDeleteExcellent way of handling a sensitive issue. Good job, Cande.
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