An Open Letter to Judge Aaron Persky, Brock Turner’s Father, and All Who Stand With Them.
You probably still stand by your decision. Despite all the outrage and everyone who has come against you, I won’t be surprised if you still don’t see the fault in your merciful sentence to a guilty rapist.
And to Brock Turner’s father, you are probably still devastated for your son, because now his reputation is irreparably ruined. All his 20 years of hard work, down the drain by “20 minutes of action” that ruined someone else’s life. And maybe this is how you see it: A girl who, clearly shouldn’t have had that much to drink is the reason your son is now the target of millions of angry people across the globe.
And to people who agree that the sentence is justifiable and that it is the victim’s fault or nobody’s fault but society and drinking culture.... Let me help you reframe your mindset.
If you had a daughter who was raped, or if your WIFE or OWN MOTHER was raped, would you really look at the rapist and say, “Oh he wouldn’t be able to handle jail.”
Would you REALLY look at your beloved family member’s rapist and say, “He’s too young and innocent and he has done too much good in life to be punished for the rape of my own wife/mother/child.”
And would you REALLY look at that rapist and say, “Yeah he had his reasons to rape her since she’s beautiful. It’s okay.”
Do you understand why the world is upset? Do you understand why the world is enraged at your words?
It is because NEITHER OF YOU have opened your mind to have empathy or understanding of the person who you cannot identify with.
You can’t identify with the rape victim, can you? You have never been raped, nor are you a female. And what infuriates the world is that you don’t HAVE to be her to empathize with her. Yet you are so wrapped up in identifying with the boy who is just like you to see the fault in his actions. So sorry he doesn’t like steak anymore.
Brock made a choice. It doesn’t matter if he was intoxicated.I have been around drunk men who still protect me rather than rape me. How do you explain that? Impaired judgment? No. It’s a matter of personal choice. So I’ll say it one more time. Brock made a choice.
To Brock’s father and mother, I know you love your son. But why should he be excused from proper judgment? When other people who have been born into broken families and poverty and people who have received no love in their lifetimes have no one to fight for them. What about those people?
What about the people serving a lifetime in prison for growing marijuana in their son’s backyard? He didn’t even hurt anyone.
What about the people wrongfully accused of rape? I heard a statement from Brian Banks who was sentenced for five years at SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. And guess what? He was proven innocent after he served his time. But because he wasn’t a privileged white before---and moreover, because he had no one to fight for him, his life was taken away from him.
Where’s the mercy in that? Who is going to give back his lost years in prison? He was innocent. Brock is guilty. He ran away because he was afraid of getting caught. And yet. 6 months.
And now I JUST saw the article stating that Mr. Turner himself BLAMES the “SLUT” who “tricked” his son.
That’s when I realized that this letter HAD to be written and finished. I’ve debated writing this for days now, but I cannot allow this hypocrisy to continue on without saying anything.
Now let me ask you again, Mr. Turner. If your WIFE was RAPED, would you blame her? Don’t argue and say that she wouldn’t drink or go out partying because that’s besides the point. A woman can merely be walking down the street and get raped.
I almost want to thank you for your ignorance. Mr. Turner, Aaron Persky, and all other rape-victim shamers. I almost want to thank Judge Persky for the ridiculously unjust 6-month long sentence, Mr. Turner for all those words of ignorance, and all of your supporters because now people are finally standing up. Thank you, because your ignorance has sparked a fire within our nation and people are not willing to stand for this type of injustice.
This entire case has finally highlighted the reality of rape culture. I almost realize that, as much as I want to, I cannot blame you for what you think because the mindset has satiated our culture for so long.
But it’s time to wake up.
It is time to realize that people need to be held accountable for their own choices.
It’s time for America to wake up and see how flawed, bias, and unjust our justice system is.
It’s time to do something about it.
Brock Turner should not be able to get a free pass because he is a caucasian, privileged, or Stanford athlete. No matter your feelings toward him or what happened that night, he was found guilty of rape. He needs to receive the proper sentence he deserves.
No one is going to stop making their charges at you until there is a change in the sentence, an apology, or a change of heart. And it breaks mine knowing that that might never come, and yet I am still writing this letter. I am still reaching out to others to stand with me and make their voices heard. I don’t want to live in a world where guilty people get away with crimes simply because they can.
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