Making Goliath Bleed: Allstate Creates "Genarlow Wilson" Rule in Public Rebuke of Tom Joyner

In what only can be described as a very public rebuke of one of most powerful Black radio personalities in the country, Allstate, a major sponsor of Tom Joyner stated publicly that it does not trust Mr. Joyner's judgement. After Mr. Joyner invited Genarlow Wilson, a man convicted of aggravated child molestation,  to be a speaker at the Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion, concerned women and men from around the country alerted Allstate to Mr. Wilson's past, including recording himself and five of his friends having sexual intercourse with an unconscious 17-year-old girl in a hotel room in Georgia and coercing a 15 year old  girl into performing non- consensual oral sex on Mr. Wilson and his five friends. Clearly shocked and horrified that Tom Joyner would invite someone with Mr. Wilson's criminal past to speak at a "family" event which enticed young children to attend, Allstate took the extraordinary step of implementing a company-wide sponsorship policy which now requires organizers to submit a list of speakers to Allstate prior to the event so that Allstate can check their background in advance. It is a stinging public rebuke of the Tom Joyner, the insurance giant signalled that it no longer believed Tom Joyner or his staff were competent enough to make programming decisions without Allstate's oversight. - The Blogmother

Now THAT is the story of the past two weeks on this blog. 

I want to thank each and every one of you who took time to call, email or write Allstate to express your concern that convicted sexual predator, Genarlow Wilson was being marketed to children who attended the Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion in September 2011.

Sure, Allstate issued contradictory public statements that reeeked of cowardice and hypocrisy on the issue of violence against women. But the one thing that was consistent was their announcement of a new policy which would require Tom Joyner to submit a speaker list to Allstate prior to an event. Assuming they keep their word and aren't lying, this has to BUUUUUUUUURN the chaps of the Genarlow Wilson and rape culture apologists in the Tom Joyner organization. 

Now some of you may be disappointed that Allstate didn't issue a more emphatic public statement of rebuke. Heck, I was mildly irritated by their cowardly, weasely attempt to slither away from seriousness of what occurred. I'm equally appalled that in the middle of a month dedicated to raising awareness of domestic violence, Allstate, which runs something called the Purple Purse Project, would tell us that two weeks after many of you first alerted them to Mr. Wilson's criminal past, they still don't know the facts of a case that has reached final adjudication in the highest court of the State of Georgia. This means that any one of the hundreds of lawyers at Allstate could have merely done a Lexis or Westlaw search for "Genarlow Wilson" and all of the court decisions containing a summary of the facts in his case would have popped up within seconds. So for them to say they don't know the facts is a lie. Of course they know the unsavory facts about Mr. Wilson, but to acknowledge them would make Tom Joyner look worse than he already does. But I digress.

You accomplished A-LOT this week.

1. You sent a signal to Genarlow Wilson that his attempts to enter the  "mainstream" by associating himself with corporate brands WILL. .BE. RESISTED. If you don't think he got the message, go read Mr. Wilson's whiney tweets over the last week. 

2. You got a massive organization to initiate a new policy to screen speakers at sponsored events. THAT'S HUGE. Big organizations don't enact policy on a dime.  

3. The creation of the "Genarlow Wilson" policy is validation that they think Tom Joyner damaged their brand and they have to protect it from him. THAT'S HUGE.

4. Somebody in the Allstate organization had their supervisor walk into their office this week and ask them "Um did you sign off on putting Allstate's name on this event featuring a convicted sexual predator? What the $*#&^ were you thinking????" 

5. You've made Genarlow Wilson radioactive to any future consumer goods company. If he pursues a partnership, he does so knowing that he is placing their brand at stake so they'll be doubly ticked off when we come calling.

6. For the first time in history, someone held Tom Joyner and the Black Elite Establishment accountable for hoisting Genarlow Wilson on their shoulders and parading him through the streets as a hero for  brutally violating two Black girls in that hotel room in Georgia. 

7. You also sent a message to Mr. Wilson that his planned path as a youth speaker entering the public schools of America to gain access to captive audiences of impressionable young children will be met with resistance.

Did you get everything you wanted? No. But what you accomplished was pretty amazing.  Can more be done? Absolutely. But pause for a moment to realize that you just made Goliath bleed. Tom Joyner thinks he can act with impunity and tap dance over the bodies of young Black girls, this week you (and Allstate) told him NO! he can't be pleased. 

Anybody Else Heard Back From Allstate After 9 Days? Insurance Company With No "Investigators"?

Its only been NINE DAYS since many of you alerted Allstate insurance company that they were the sponsor of an event where Genarlow Wilson, a man tried for a gang rape and convicted of AGGRAVATED CHILD MOLESTATION , was marketed and positioned as a "youth" speaker at the Allstate Tom Joyner family reunion. I finally called the executive offices on Monday after many of you were met with radio silence in response to your complaints. I was promised a call back later that day by someone named Dianna. Its now two days later... RADIO SILENCE. Now you would think that Allstate would be swift in distancing themselves from any association with Mr. Wilson, but clearly, they don't want to ruffle Tom Joyner's feathers. Yesterday afternoon, a reader finally got a response to an email she sent to Allstate. Apparently they are still "investigating" Mr. Wilson's participation.

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State Farm vs. Allstate on the Exploitation and Degradation of Black Women and Girls

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. - MLK 

One week ago today I informed you that convicted sexual predator Genarlow Wilson is attempting to transform himself into a sexual assault motivational speaker. No, I did not stutter. I am not exaggerating. And this is not hyperbole. 

I also pointed out that Mr. Wilson spoke at an event sponsored by the Allstate insruance company where he was marketed and positioned as a youth motivational speaker.

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Allstate and Tom Joyner Indoctrinating Young Black Children to Revere Sexual Predators?: Genarlow Wilson Refresher Post!

"Genarlow watched, waited and gladly took his turn. "

As the saying goes, you are entitled to your own opinion, but NOT your own facts. We've reached our annual allotment of deluded and quickly deleted comments from Genarlow Wilson supporters so  Oh yes, its about time we had another Genarlow Wilson refresher post. 

For those who are unfamiliar with ALL OF THE FACTS surrounding Genarlow Wilson's behavior  which led to his arrest and conviction, the narrative goes something like this "poor little Genarlow Wilson, honor student and athlete was on his way to college when he had a romantic evening with his underage girlfriend and then the mean old State of Georgia threw him in jail for an act of youthful precociousness." - NOT TRUE. NOT EVEN CLOSE. 

In order to get Mr. Wilson out of jail, his apologists has to wipe out the existence of  a 17-year old girl and try to portray the 15 year old girl as Mr. Wilson's "girlfriend." They neglect to point out that Mr. Wilson passed his purported "girlfriend" around the room to his buddies.

So in review here is a description of the evidence from a lawyer who was in the courtroom during the trial. HE actually saw the videotape Genarlow Wilson MADE of his actions that evening:

The videotape was "Exhibit A" because it depicts a horrific crime: a gang rape of a semi-conscious, 17-year-old girl, followed by a bizarre display of sexual precociousness by a 15-year-old girl. That's the truth recorded by Genarlow and his friends that fateful night. I suspect that is also why Ms. Bernstein hated it whenever McDade used it to rebut her version of Genarlow's crime.

No matter how much (two glasses of Cognac) the 17-year-old may have had to drink, no matter how much she may have flirted with those boys, she did not consent to having sex with all of them, one right after the other. Yet it never occurred to the "smart" and "spiritual" Genarlow to say, "Stop it. We should not be doing this." No. Genarlow watched, waited and gladly took his turn. When they were through raping her, Genarlow helped his friends drag the comatose victim to the bathroom. They opened the door, pushed her in, watched as she fell to the floor and closed the door. I guess she wasn't much fun anymore. SOURCE

Not content to spring him from jail, his supporters then went on to try to craft him into some type of heroic figure. That's like me being labeled heroic after driving around high water barricades into a swollen creek and getting stuck and having a search and rescue team come and get me out.  

They threw him parades.

Tom Joyner gave him a full scholarship to Morehouse College.

A recent and ridiculously lengthy comment from a Wilson apologist actually reminded me that he existed and reminded me that the Black community took two teenage Black girls and threw them under the bus, backed the bus up and then ran over them again and again. Thanks for the nudge to Google Mr. Wilson and check on his current exploits... my findings were quite disturbing. 

Apparently, with the assistance of Tom Joyner and a publicist, Mr. Wilson has fashioned himself some type of sexual assault motivational speaker.... No, I'm not kidding. Mr. Wilson is running all over the country speaking to young children about sexual violence, but he's not telling them that he thinks is perfectly fine to have sex with unconscious teenage girls. He's not telling them that he thinks its perfectly fine to manipulate and coerce younger girls into performing sex acts on he and his buddies for his amusement.

NO, the message he's spreading is that if you are going to violate and abuse teenage girls, make sure you check the law books first. Again, I'm not exaggerating or being hyperbolic at all. Listen to this (skip to minute 10, the host is long-winded) interview Mr. Wilson conducted on Blog Talk Radio.

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Mr Wilson has a twitter account where he describes himself:

Morehouse College Senior...Youth Leader...Aspiring Mentor & writer...A Way Out Of No Way!! Genarlow_Wilson

According to Mr. Wilson's twitter account, he has spoken at: The Tom Joyner Family Reunion and a Sexual Violence Prevention Forum in Indiana. 

In addition, apparently the students at Winder Barrow High School in Atlanta, GA are being "taught" about Mr. Wilson and are requesting that he come speak to them. Um, who is teaching about Mr. Wilson and what are they teaching and will those with a different perspective be given equal time? I'm incredibly disturbed that children are being indoctrinated revere a sexual predator. Likewise its the height of irresponsible for school teachers or administrators to be encouraging high school students to engage with a man who thinks its okay to have sex with semiconscious teenage girls on Twitter. Do the parents of the students at Winder Barrow know their children are being encouraged to interact with a convicted statutory rapist?

According to the interview posted above, in addition to engaging with high school students on Twitter he's speaking to children in school in the south. Who thought this was a good idea?

Perhaps most disturbing is that Allstate sponsored an event where Mr. Wilson was touted as some type of motivational youth speaker. 

Motivational for youth  to do what?

What behavior by Genarlow Wilson should be modeled by young children?

• Should they model picking up an unconscious girl from a bathroom floor, throwing her on a bed and then running a train on her before dumping her back on the floor?
• Should they model making a sex tape featuring underage girls?
• Should they model telling a younger girl that she's their girlfriend, enticing her into coming to a hotel room, providing liquor and drugs before having her perform sex act on all of your friends?
• Should they model treating drug use and drinking as more severe than treating other human beings like semen receptacles?

Allstate Customers

If you are a reader who is an Allstate customer, please inquire TODAY and ask your agent the following questions:

• Is it the policy of Allstate to pay to provide a platform to a man who thinks its okay for a group of boys to have sex with semi/unconscious girls? If not, why did you sponsor an event where Genarlow Wilson was a speaker?
• Is it the policy of Allstate to support making sex tapes featuring teenage girls?If not, why did you sponsor an event where Genarlow Wilson was a speaker?
• Is it the policy of Allstate to support the rationalization, dehumanization and objectification of teenage Black girls? If not, why did you sponsor an event where Genarlow Wilson was a speaker?
• Are you aware that Mr. Wilson is promoting his connection to Allstate prominently on his public Twitter feed and in photos on his public Facebook page? 
• Did you make arrangements for alternative viewpoint related to Mr. Wilson's actions on the night of the incident which led to his incarceration to be provided to the audience? Did you make arrangements for either of Mr. Wilson's victims to speak?

 If you review Mr. Wilson's timeline, he is heavily promoting his association with Allstate.

That's fine. If Allstate wants to associate closely with Genarlow Wilson, then men and women who do not support rape culture need to disassociate your premium dollars with Allstate. 

Don't hoot and holler, just ask the questions and ask them to look into it. This is totally and completely indefensible so surely Allstate will work to insure that this never. happens. again. 

Tom Joyner can do whatever he wants to with his money, but its not right for Allstate to use the money you give to them for insurance premiums to legitimize an unrepentant sexual predator. 

In the future if they sponsor an event featuring Mr. Wilson, then they should demand that equal time be provided to provide the rest of the facts surrounding his incarceration. 

I'll stop writing about Mr. Wilson when his supporters stop coming to this blog LYING and attempting to use this platform to coverup his BAD ACTS. This blog does not support rape culture and neither should you.

For Christmas, I would love it if one of my readers obtained the full case file from the Georgia Supreme Court. It should contain exhibits and trial transcripts. That information needs to be made public so that people can really understand who they are supporting when they run around defending the actions of Genarlow Wilson. 

In conclusion: "Genarlow watched, waited and gladly took his turn." 

Your Genarlow Wilson Refresher Course: You're Not Entitled to Your Own Facts

So two weeks ago I wrote a post mentioning Genarlow Wilson.  Wilson's enablers are some of the most unhinged and relentless. In order for their "narrative" to stand up, the facts surrounding the Genarlow Wilson case have to be erased.  Every time this blog strays from the Genarlow Wilson narrative with something we like to call THE TRUTH they come out of hiding. Several of them probably engaged in the same acts Mr. Wilson went to prison for so you can understand their need for people to think highly of Mr. Wilson. Because if Mr. Wilson is a predator then so are they.  The others are a group of codependent Black women whose entire identity is tied up in being the rescuer of Black men and boys without regard to the collateral damage cause to Black women and girls. These women hate themselves and other women or they merely think that men and boys are more important.

• Morehouse President Throws "Hissy Fit", But NOT Over Genarlow Wilson

 The Genarlow Wilson apologists are some of the most relentless because they KNOW that if the real truth about Genarlow Wilson came out, all those people running around trying to portray him as a "victim" look like fools. The reason you know that these people know that they are wrong is that they LIE. Outright LIE intentionally about facts that ARE NOT IN DISPUTE!  SO they've been sniffing around the comments section doing exploratory incursions on 

The legal issues in the Wilson case were not about whether he did something disgusting, but whether the punishment was appropriate. The facts about what he did that night in that Douglassville were never in dispute because Mr. Wilson VIDEOTAPED is actions.

So we can have a debate about what sentence you think he should have gotten. You're entitled to your opinions, but not your own FACTS.  If you were so sure that Mr. Wilson was an innocent lamb pure as the driven snow, you wouldn't be stalking my comments section LYING about the case. Saying the vitcims were White when they were not and you know it. Lying and saying the 17 year old consented. She did not on account that she was drugged and by the time they got through with her unconscious. You lie and say the 15 year old was Genarlow Wilson's girlfriend. SHE WAS'T and you know it, would a boyfriend pass around his girlfriend to his five buddies?

So guess what, just because of your insolence, I'm offering up this post to the GOD of Google. You know what that means? That means everytime someone Googles the Genarlow Wilson story, they are going to read this post and each and every time you come on here and I have to repost about the facts in the case, you're just restarting the clock on how long it takes for a FACTAUL post about Genarlow Wilson to fall of the first page of a Google search. So please keep lying because you keep this story alive. And if you keep it up, I'm going to get on a plane to Douglassville, GA... or Atlanta and get the transcripts of the criminal trial and turn them into a book for purchase. So not only will the TRUE facts of what happened in that room be available online, but it will be on the bookshelves of America.

Be smart enough to savor the fact that this predator got away with his crimes and is free and on scholarship and move along.  YOU WON! Ole boy got off and the girls got thrown away like garbage.

If you think my little blog posts are an irritant, just wait until there is a BOOK and a MOVIE about this case and trust me. I can make both of those things happen with the snap of my fingers.  Give me a reason!

So in review here is a description of the evidence from a lawyer who was in the courtroom during the trial. HE actually saw the videotape Genarlow Wilson MADE of his actions that evening:

The videotape was "Exhibit A" because it depicts a horrific crime: a gang rape of a semi-conscious, 17-year-old girl, followed by a bizarre display of sexual precociousness by a 15-year-old girl. That's the truth recorded by Genarlow and his friends that fateful night. I suspect that is also why Ms. Bernstein hated it whenever McDade used it to rebut her version of Genarlow's crime.

No matter how much (two glasses of Cognac) the 17-year-old may have had to drink, no matter how much she may have flirted with those boys, she did not consent to having sex with all of them, one right after the other. Yet it never occurred to the "smart" and "spiritual" Genarlow to say, "Stop it. We should not be doing this." No. Genarlow watched, waited and gladly took his turn. When they were through raping her, Genarlow helped his friends drag the comatose victim to the bathroom. They opened the door, pushed her in, watched as she fell to the floor and closed the door. I guess she wasn't much fun anymore. SOURCE

So do continue to return to this blog attempting to lie about the facts in this case. I'll be more than happy to correct the record each and every time.  So you decide if you want to see The Genarlow Wilson story on the big screen and shown around the world and at a bookstore near you.  Keep lying, the script has already been written. Its called a court TRANSCRIPT. And if you think its not possible to easily convert a stenographer's transcript into a movie, go see a little movie called "The Social Network."

I'm sure Mr. Wilson if he could thank each and every one of his online apologists personally would issue a plea to you to shut up quickly lest this woman actually do what she said she would do.  So take your trophy and go home. You won, but if you'd like a rematch related to the facts in this case, I'm more than happy to give you one in two mediums which will outlast your lies.