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*Updated 2/9/22: so the NYT article about Sebold came out and I wanted add my 2 cents. (You should read that article if you aren’t familiar but basically the man Sebold identified was exonerated 16 years later� her actual rapist is still unidentified)
Yes, I still recommend this book. Sebold was the victim in this. And Now so is Anthony Broadwater. No I don’t think Sebold is to blame and here’s why: she survived a traumatic rape. Maybe you have to live through something traumatic to understand, and how the POLICE jacked this upis ridiculous. The POLICE knew better. Sebold didn’t. Sebold gave a description in the days following her rape. Months later she saw Broadwater and was triggered. In 1981 we didn’t know what triggering was, but I’m quite certain police officers knew how odd that was for Sebold to describe someone SO different from Broadwater and then boom - that’s him? Could’ve been his eyes, his gait, his cologne - but the POLICE should’ve known better and done a better job investigating. And yes, the Justice system is racist as all get out.
Yep - a white woman says “rape� against a black man and this happens but this wasn’t a false story - Sebold WAS raped by a black man. She didn’t willingly have sex with a black man and then say “I was raped.� SHE WAS RAPED.
So with that out of the way - what transpired wasn’t her fault. The police knew about false identification in 1981. Studies were done. They went with what a traumatized victim said and that was terrible. I hope that Broadwater sues the police for their terrible work
My review:
This book, from the start had my attention. I loved that Sebold didn't elicit pity (although of course, you FEEL pity), she elicits strength is this telling memoir. The strange part is, I felt the book is uplifting because it makes my problems in life seem so insignificant. It reminds me that there is ALWAYS a way through the tough times. A great, telling and meaningful, well-written work of non-fiction.
Yes, I still recommend this book. Sebold was the victim in this. And Now so is Anthony Broadwater. No I don’t think Sebold is to blame and here’s why: she survived a traumatic rape. Maybe you have to live through something traumatic to understand, and how the POLICE jacked this upis ridiculous. The POLICE knew better. Sebold didn’t. Sebold gave a description in the days following her rape. Months later she saw Broadwater and was triggered. In 1981 we didn’t know what triggering was, but I’m quite certain police officers knew how odd that was for Sebold to describe someone SO different from Broadwater and then boom - that’s him? Could’ve been his eyes, his gait, his cologne - but the POLICE should’ve known better and done a better job investigating. And yes, the Justice system is racist as all get out.
Yep - a white woman says “rape� against a black man and this happens but this wasn’t a false story - Sebold WAS raped by a black man. She didn’t willingly have sex with a black man and then say “I was raped.� SHE WAS RAPED.
So with that out of the way - what transpired wasn’t her fault. The police knew about false identification in 1981. Studies were done. They went with what a traumatized victim said and that was terrible. I hope that Broadwater sues the police for their terrible work
My review:
This book, from the start had my attention. I loved that Sebold didn't elicit pity (although of course, you FEEL pity), she elicits strength is this telling memoir. The strange part is, I felt the book is uplifting because it makes my problems in life seem so insignificant. It reminds me that there is ALWAYS a way through the tough times. A great, telling and meaningful, well-written work of non-fiction.
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June 1, 2006
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Finished Reading
June 8, 2009
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June 30, 2012
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Nov 02, 2023 09:05PM
It is completely her fault that poor Anthony's life was ruined... You can sympathize with her experience of getting raped but also blame her for destroying an innocent man's life. Two separate situations.
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I agree and struggle with people who put the entire blame for Mr Broadwater's horrific ordeal on the shoulders of a rape survivor and not on the racism built into the judicial system that convicted him. When Sebold failed to identify Broadwater in the police line up, that should have been the end of it. Instead the case was rammed through the courts for political reasons
doesn't she come off as inherently prejudice throughout the whole thing though?
No I will never blame a RAPE VICTIM for this. Because there is no malice. The POLICE 💯 are the ones to blame, who should have questioned this and again - 1981 the people with the most info on false identification were� the POLICE. The victim wouldnt know OR question it. False identification under trauma wasn’t fully understood until the early 2000’s and police tactics shifted, hence why NOW you have exonerations. The Police should have questioned it.
Trauma is not a word to use to justify every action we take, it’s to justify us asking for help and understanding. And I would add the best thing one can do is to stay true and fair.
