When I have used this song in my courses, my young African-American students immediately recognized it.  I found myself listening to “Strange Fruit” today and thinking of one unarmed young man, shot for walking while black in a country that systematically fails to control access to guns.

Once again, I stress the importance of understanding men as both perpetrators and victims of sexual violence. This remains one of the most tenacious silences.

Posting this lovely, poignant interview in case you missed it.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/03/egypt-epidemic-sexual-violence