Thread by @mayatcontreras

1)An excellent piece by @BrentNYT. He discusses the "apology movement" in which some news organizations admit that what they once "presented as “fair “objective” journalism was in fact freighted with the racist stereotypes that had been deployed to justify slavery."

2)In this article Brent Staples lays out how from Reconstruction to this current moment - legacy media has dehumanized Black Americans on multiple levels from not using our honorifics (Mr., Mrs., etc) to justifying brutality against Black Communities.
nytimes.com/2021/07/10/opi…

3)"The vigilantes swept through the streets shooting some African Americans and exiling others... The New York Times referred obliquely to the overthrow of the Wilmington government as necessary for restoring “law and order.” In other words, white media justified white mobs.

4)I have been more than critical of the media on Twitter. Some of legacy media might be on an apology tour, but not enough of it is. Misogynoir is deeply entrenched across white cis-male-owned media conglomerates. They show a deep cynism about Black women. damemagazine.com/2020/06/17/its…

5)I was asked if I wanted to be interviewed by Politico. My response? "The organization that writes a hit piece on Black women weekly if not daily? No thanks." 75% of the media that I have agreed to for August is Black-run. Not much has changed since Shirley Chisholm wrote this:

6)If legacy media really wants to apologize for their past misdeeds they must first recognize they are still repeating their same grievous racist and misogynistic mistakes. timesupnow.org/newsroom/new-t…

7)What much of political media refuses to understand is Black women/WOC running for office deal with more challenges and obstacles which don't end once we get into office. Media seems to think we're on an equal playing field with white wo/men. We're not pbs.org/newshour/polit…

8)I will talk about this live on Tuesday on Twitter/Facebook and IG. For now, donate to my campaign here: secure.actblue.com/donate/mcwebma…