Guest Editorial: The domestic violence quandary

Not too long ago the blogosphere was up in arms about an incident that occurred between Keke Palmer and her then-boyfriend, Darius Jackson. Basically, Keke attended an Usher concert while wearing an outfit he considered inappropriate. As often happens with Usher’s concerts, Keke was welcomed on stage and danced seductively with the seasoned entertainer. Though people say that she was “grinding” on him, no such thing happened. Their “parts” never came together, and when the song ended, they separated without further contact. Keke’s boyfriend, Darius Jackson, had a fit! He busted her out on social media for wearing the revealing outfit and attempted to publicly shame her for behavior he felt was unbefitting a “mother.” She had previously given birth to a child with Darius. Interestingly, there were a lot of people who saw through his antics, and did not understand why he had to wait until she was in the public eye to shame her. Why hadn’t he said something about what she was wearing before she left home? Because of Darius’ decision to publicly attempt to shame Keke, there were women who expressed the thought that something deeper was happening between the couple. They saw his actions as...