article_snippet: As an African-American woman, I felt the stakes were even higher.
article_snippet: Historic images of black men being vilified en masse as sexually violent sent chills through my body,' Jewel Allison wrote in the Washington Post.
article_snippet: In a recent op-ed with the Washington Post, the former model said that Jewel Allison race weight heavily on Jewel Allison decision to come forward with allegations against Bill Cosby .
article_snippet: But in Jewel Allison op-ed with the Washington Post Jewel Allison said that coming forward with Jewel Allison story would help bring down the entertainer, but Jewel Allisonfeared her story would undermine the entire African-American community'.
article_snippet: Jewel Allison wrote that Jewel Allison didn't come out with Jewel Allison accusations earlier because Jewel Allison didn't want to see 'yet another African-American man vilified in the media'.
article_snippet: Jewel Allison said Jewel Allison didn't know if Jewel Allison loyalty should lie with 'women who were sexually victimized or with black America, which has been systematically victimized'.
article_snippet: Jewel Allison adds that though Jewel Allison feared coming forward, 'The only legacy at stake is of one entertainer, not of black manhood, as I once feared'.
highlights_snippet: The former model says that being an African-American woman weighed heavily on an African-American woman decision to come forward with allegations .
  
highlights_snippet: an African-American woman says an African-American woman didn't want 'another African-American man vilified in Jewel Allison Jewel Allison claims, 'The only legacy at stake is of one entertainer, not of black manhood, as I once feared' 