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Kentucky student who used n-word 200 times and assaulted a Black woman in viral video is sentenced to jail (www.independent.co.uk)

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Sophia Rosing was banned from the University of Kentucky campus after the incident

A college student who went on a drunken tirade using the n-word 200 times will now head to jail for a year.

Sophia Rosing, a former student at the University of Kentucky, became infamous in 2022 for her rant that was captured on video and shared on social media. In the video, Rosing was caught using the slur at a fellow student and assaulting her.

Rosing previously pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault and other charges. When she entered her plea, she apologized to fellow student Kylah Spring and members of the Black community.

This week, a judge in Kentucky sentenced Rosing to 12 months in custody and 100 hours of community service, according to Lex 18.

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In the infamous video Spring said that Rosing struck her numerous times and kicked her in the stomach. As Spring is explaining what happened to her, Rosing can be heard yelling at her in the background, calling the Black student the n-word and a "b****" throughout the footage.

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[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's both. The criminal justice system treats white folks better than black folks, and women better than men. Depending on what exactly you're measuring which one is the larger gap can go either way. For sentencing, sex means more than race - so she'd get a longer sentence if she were a black woman, but an even longer one if she were a white man, and a still longer one if she were a black man.

I'm actually surprised a white girl got a whole year for an assault. And not even a suspended sentence!

I've seen cases where it's like "white woman stabs boyfriend in heart, boyfriend narrowly survives due to prompt medical attention, 30 day suspended sentence" or "woman sexually assaults minor boy, gets herself pregnant from the assault, no punishment for her and boy owes woman child support for being her victim."

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It’s both.

Holy shit lol, I know it's both! I never said it's not both. I'm just pointing out the common misconception, that people tend to assume the wrong one of the two is statistically a bigger factor. And not just bigger, but much bigger.

“woman sexually assaults minor boy, gets herself pregnant from the assault, no punishment for her and boy owes woman child support for being her victim.”

In case anyone thinks this person is being hyperbolic here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/02/statutory-rape-victim-child-support/14953965/