Why are we talking about R Kelly in 2019 when there are so many other pressing issues?

Aya de Leon

Dream Hampton‘s 6-part Lifetime TV series “Surviving R Kelly” has brought it all up again when it aired this past week. This is a very divisive issue in the Black Community. Because it divides those who value the health and safety of black women and girls from those who don’t. And it’s painful to see who falls on which side.

Every few years, someone sounds the alarm about R Kelly. Jim DeRogatis has an extensive archive of meticulously researched articles on Kelly that detail the...