What is the cost of a person's soul? / "The Maid's Family Doesn't Want DSK's Money"
Rape and sexual assault are attacks not only against the body, but on someone's humanity and sense of self. $1 million is an insufficient exchange.
She was brave, sought help, and pressed charges. Perhaps this latest report will serve as a reminder of what should be obvious: people who are often treated as though they are invisible do have their own sense of justice, values and dignity.
"The New York Post reported this morning that friends of Dominique Strauss-Kahn have offered more than a million dollars of hush money to the impoverished family of the maid accusing him of rape. But according to a Reuters report, the family may not be the bribing type. The news wire tracked down the maid's family in a village in the Labe region of Guinea in West Africa and found them deeply skeptical of worldly wealth."
Full article here: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/05/maids-family-doesnt-want-dsk-money/38086/
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She was brave, sought help, and pressed charges. Perhaps this latest report will serve as a reminder of what should be obvious: people who are often treated as though they are invisible do have their own sense of justice, values and dignity.
"The New York Post reported this morning that friends of Dominique Strauss-Kahn have offered more than a million dollars of hush money to the impoverished family of the maid accusing him of rape. But according to a Reuters report, the family may not be the bribing type. The news wire tracked down the maid's family in a village in the Labe region of Guinea in West Africa and found them deeply skeptical of worldly wealth."
Full article here: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/05/maids-family-doesnt-want-dsk-money/38086/
This entry was originally posted at http://zizi-west.dreamwidth.org/22248.html. Please comment there using OpenID.