Really? Black women exist, Rose. Black women and children who have a statistically higher rate of experiencing sexual assault knows how it feel, Rose. Black men are victims of assault too, Rose. Terry Crews, an African American actor, tweeted his degrading experience with an Hollywood exec in front of his wife. Crews wanted to react and defend himself against the harassment however due to unfair, racial biases he was afraid of getting painted as the “aggressive black man” and jeopardizing his livelihood.

Some people replied to McGowan’s tweet saying it was justified since the N-word is a great basis of comparison to illustrate her point. No. Let me stop you there. The n-word should never be used as a basis of comparison. The violent emotional, physical and mental trauma that is packed in the n- word is not a comparartive tool in the struggle olympics.