“Melfi shields white viewers from the uncomfortableness of seeing the totality of the horror their counterparts inflicted on the black women who worked at NASA, and he does so at the expense of the agency of those women, portraying them as being in desperate need for a white man’s validation.”
2. Trump Plan: Deport to Mexico Immigrants Crossing the Border Illegally, Regardless of Nationality
Under the policy, hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Brazilians, Ecuadorans, and Haitians could be deported to Mexico.
3. Mahershala Ali and Janelle Monáe on the Oscars Rarity of Appearing Together in Two Best-Picture Contenders
The duo appears both in Moonlight and in Hidden Figures. “I hope it inspires not only creatives but the studios to really invest in a range of ideas and narratives that feature people of color — in leading roles, or in parts that are critical to the arc of the stories.”
4. Longing for Resettlement: The Psychological Impact of Banning Refugees
“In Dadaab refugee camp, the largest in the world, a researcher recorded a Somali term for that feeling: buufis, which was described in the book City of Thorns as the ‘longing for resettlement,’ or ‘a kind of depression rooted in an inextinguishable hope for a life elsewhere that simultaneously casts the present into shadow.’”
5. On the Milo Bus with the Lost Boys of the America’s New Right
“ This was never, in fact, about free speech at all. It was about making it OK to say racist, sexist, transphobic, and xenophobic things, about tolerating the public expression of those views right up to the point where it becomes financially unwise to do so. Those suddenly dropping Yiannopoulos are making a business decision, not a moral one — and yes, even in Donald Trump’s America, there’s still a difference.”
6. WATCH: Nov. 8 Didn’t Change America. It Revealed America.
Nov. 8 wasn’t surprising for many people of color. It was a confirmation of what they knew America to be.
7. Maryland Shop Covers Up Racist Tattoos for Free
“Sometimes people make bad choices, and sometimes people change,” the post reads. “. . . We believe that there is enough hate in this world and we want to make a difference.”
8. Texas Counties See Price Tags on Both Sides of ‘Sanctuary’ Debate
“On one side, state lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to penalize local governments that refuse to comply with federal detainer requests by cutting state funding and holding them liable if a released immigrant commits further crimes. On the other, local governments say that holding people for ICE ties up jail space and costs local taxpayers money — and exposes them to lawsuits that are seeing early success in federal courts.”
9. Let Van Jones Explain How Mass Incarceration Led Directly to Trump’s Win
An giant segment of the American population cannot vote because they are convicted felons.
10. Have You Taken the Matthew 25 Pledge?
This week, organizers launched the resource website with toolkits for organizing your community and acting on behalf of those at risk under a Trump administration. Download them here.
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