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by close04 62 days ago
> That's sadly a recurring pattern with Black American pioneers

I think we have enough evidence these days to confidently say race has nothing to do with it.

For people who get enough power and influence they'll either become role models from a position of power, get followers and maybe even act as mentors to their subsequent victims (priests, teachers, various artists, activists and other "influencers"), or they're rich enough to think/know they can get away with anything (everyone in the Epstein files).

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You're mis-interpreting if you're thinking I'm ascribing it to race. Frankly, I'm not an American and I don't care for it.

I'm saying quite literally that it's over-represented in Black American artists, alongside with drug abuse. Which is a theme explored extensively by Black American artists themselves, most recently Kendrick. That it happens to white people in a similar set of circumstances (absentee parents and abuse during childhood) confirms my point.