Remember when that white Stanford student Brock Turner went to jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster?…. Of course you do, because he only went to jail 3 months ago and on Friday he’ll be walking free!

He was convicted of three felony sexual assault charges in March, he was sentenced to just six months and only had to serve three after it was cut before he even had the door slammed on him! A sentence that really pissed people off, especially the black community who felt there was a hell of a lot of social economic and white privilege at play in the decision.

His short stay was due to good behavior and guess what, he also had protective custody his whole time behind bars!

As the Huff Post wrote:

Turner’s lenient punishment is the perfect example of what happens when rape culture and white privilege collide. It didn’t matter that there was mounting evidence against Turner, it didn’t matter that his victim was unconscious and alone, it didn’t even matter that Turner was convicted ― the young “promising,” “successful athlete” served only three months for assaulting a young woman whose blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit and who was reportedly unconscious for three hours on the night of the assault.

The horrific assault captured the attention of the entire country in June when BuzzFeed published the 23-year-old victim’s impact statement. The survivor read the gut-wrenching letter in court and addressed her attacker face to face.

The letter is a powerful commentary on sexual assault, victim-blaming and the insidious nature of rape culture.

“You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today,” the young woman began her letter. “… Your damage was concrete; stripped of titles, degrees, enrollment. My damage was internal, unseen, I carry it with me. You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today.” (Read the full letter here.) 

What are your thoughts on this?