“It was clear from day one that a Trump presidency would be authoritarian, bigoted, serially dishonest, outside the bounds of any previous modern presidency. It was clear that we shouldn’t normalize him. But we did.” @mehdirhasan calls out the media's complicity... and whiteness.
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Two minutes. Just give @KarenAttiah two minutes to parse the media's responsibility for the Trump catastrophe, and how many of us in the industry have misunderstood and underestimated "how white violence in this country has shaped the country as we know it."

Jan 12, 2021 · 1:23 AM UTC

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She’s absolutely right! We will all pay the price if we allow this White Supremacist insurgency to continue and to grow🚫
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White supremacy and white fragility didn’t start with Trump. They just got new life. This has been going on since the start of the United States. Emancipation didn’t end the oppression. We never were taught the real history of this country, only the white version.
I'm white and this is exactly what I've been feeling for years and years and years because I understood the danger. All you need to do is study what the .@splcenter has been investigating for decades to know this. White supremacy kills.
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You are correct, we rely on journalists to question, find evidence, & present it all, so the people can know what those in power are doing. Journalism must expose the powers of government, of politics, of business, & the forces of our military to make them accountable to us.
We all pay the price. And for BIPoC, that price is always higher.
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To this very day...media...many of the media...cannot/will not face/acknowledge/report accurately the facts as they distinct. We NEED media...we DO NOT need media who are not going to “push back”...call a lie...a lie...rebuke “bothsidesism”...it’s uncomf to confront...but...must
Karen is present & correct...I also need to chat with her about figs when life returns to somewhat less than terror-filled! Thank you, Karen, for your earlier kindness...and thank you for your words here. Take care. ❤️
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