"I, too, have been a victim of sexual assault, and I will never forget driving into work the night of Bryant’s death and seeing much of the Chicago skyline awash in purple to honor his legacy. That legacy did not include space for the complicated feelings of women who may have been thinking about Bryant’s victim that night. To date, 644 murals celebrating Bryant have sprung up around the country and overseas."
~ Julie DiCaro
"Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault"
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/19/sports-taught-americans-to-ignore-sexual-assault/
"Bryant’s apology is the closest thing to a confession we’ve ever seen from an athlete accused of violence against women. Even so, try posting on social media about the allegations against the basketball icon and watch how many young men (and, sadly, even some young women) come out of the woodwork to berate you for “spreading lies.” It seems an alternate history has sprung up among Millennials and Zoomers, one in which the L.A. Laker was acquitted and the woman who accused him was proclaimed by the court to be a liar. Of course, none of that ever happened, but it hasn’t stopped a large section of sports fandom from believing it did."
~ Julie DiCaro
"Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault"
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/19/sports-taught-americans-to-ignore-sexual-assault/
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