Time’s Up, the anti-sexual violence initiative created by women in hollywood in the wake of the Me Too movement, is calling on people to #MuteRKelly. The organization sent out a statement Monday morning condemning R&B artist R. Kelly over the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations made against him, such as child sexual abuse and sex slavery. Time’s Up demanded “appropriate investigations and inquiries” into the allegations of sexual abuse, made primarily by black women and their families. Because we are you,” the Time’s Up statement reads. At times it felt like screaming into a well, but thank God for this reckoning coming.”

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2018 16:18 UTC