I've already retweeted @DrJasonJohnson's critical thread on this, but I just want to add that black journalists are out here fighting to get coverage of important stories and add non-white normative perspectives EVERY DAY, not just when the country erupts in police violence.
My personal fight is with Supreme Court coverage. It's like me, @ProfMMurray, @cristianafarias, and @KimberlyEAtkins who are the only people of color even ALLOWED on your TV to talk about SCOTUS (and I ain't even... whatever).
That *matters* to how the Court is covered.
That *matters* to how the Court is covered.
It *matters* when the only people on the police stories are white reporters who have been trained to repeat police reports *uncritically*. Because they don't know that the police LIE ALL THE TIME.
It *matters* when only white people are allowed to tell you what a judge did.
It *matters* when only white people are allowed to tell you what a judge did.
And that's just from my small and niche part of the store. In every industry, on every beat, there is a need for DIVERSE voices and perspectives and straight reporting.
Diversity is not a fucking FAVOR. It's an attempt to give you ALL the damn news, not just the white news.
Diversity is not a fucking FAVOR. It's an attempt to give you ALL the damn news, not just the white news.
