Farai Chideya
@faraiIndependent media creator and researcher. Former host @OurBodyPolitic. Author of six books.
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I wrote this right after the 2016 election. Now it is an artifact. But you may get something from my exploration of how white nationalism would rear its head with the Trump administration. faraic.medium.com/the-call-to-wh…
We must not delude ourselves in this moment. Multiracial democracy in the United States is less than 60 years old. It has always been contested, often violently so. It has always been fragile. Since this nation's inception large swaths of white Americans -- including white women…
In order to vote in his first election, my father paid a poll tax. My dad. Not my great great grandfather, my father. He is very much still alive. He voted today. No poll tax required. I am so proud to his daughter.
Something to ponder as you head out to vote today, for free. In the Library's Rosa Parks Papers collection, there's a receipt for the poll tax she had to pay to vote in Alabama in 1956. Poll taxes, a Jim Crow-era voter suppression tool, were not abolished federally until 1964.
Carrie Mae Weems curated a night of readings and arts for you, NY. Going on until midnight. gladstonegallery.com/exhibition/134…
For our 25th anniversary, my beautiful hubs gifted me with a photo shoot…y’all when I say that I just love this man and that he is the air that I breathe…He just gets me and speaks my love language. He is the blessing I needed to help get me thru this life and I thank God…
“Trump out here badly underestimating just how much of his own campaign staff are ‘Jew-haters.’”-- former Trump field office staffer who used an alias to work as a white supremacist podcaster. Remarkable article. politico.com/news/magazine/…
In American political journalism, especially at the national/broadcast level, we are writing off an entire section of the electorate - low-income and poor Americans - as people whose votes matter in an election. forbes.com/sites/subraman…
Keeping myself engaged by doing audio diaries for campaign seasom// The Election Voice Memo /Evangelicals open.substack.com/pub/livingpoli…
Not an exact analogy bu in The Expanse, Chrisjen Avasarala becomes Secretary General of the UN (basically the entire Earth government, so, much more powerful than President of the U.S.)
Congratulations @SFdirewolf on your MacArthur. You are a brilliant, tough, compassionate guide on disability and so much else.
Hey folks -- what are some examples of where the president of the United States has been depicted as a woman of color -- film/tv/books/cartoons even!?
Grateful for Tulaine's visionary leadership and honored to be a part of this episode. Check it out!
This week's “Say a Little Bit More About” episode features insights from Richie Davidson, @FaraiChideya, and Michael Smith as I reflect on what it takes to build diverse, thriving coalitions and developing authentic connections across lines of difference. bit.ly/3WZC95V
Accelerationists and related.... nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/…
Gorgeous. So much love.
This week's “Say a Little Bit More About” episode features insights from Richie Davidson, @FaraiChideya, and Michael Smith as I reflect on what it takes to build diverse, thriving coalitions and developing authentic connections across lines of difference. bit.ly/3WZC95V
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