I’m about to draw a comparison that many of you will resist, deny, or try to argue away.
I can believe the stories of white children, women, and men who were harmed by powerful, privileged individuals without having ever experienced sexual assault myself.
I don’t need personal proof.
I don’t need to see the documents.
I don’t need to debate their memories.
I don’t need them to make their pain more “palatable” for me to accept that harm occurred.