I’m certain you all have heard the information about TIMES journal and their selection for “Particular person of the 12 months.” They selected Taylor Swift, and the Beyhive, after all, was a bit confused. One consumer on X mentioned, “The trade and media are beginning to transfer weirdly with Beyoncé, and I don’t prefer it. It’s that shift I’m tellin’ ya.” To not say that Swift wasn’t deserving. In any case, a number of blogs and mainstream shops have stirred the pot concerning the music leisure’s two greatest stars. But it surely’s fairly apparent, in my view, that with the large success and cultural impression Beyoncé has had all through the years, she will get snubbed for Particular person of the 12 months. Her title wasn’t even thought of. That was the identical motion we noticed on the Grammy’s when she misplaced the Artist of the 12 months award. How do you win probably the most Grammys in historical past however by no means win the highest award? Not a lot to say right here, however I go away this remark from Nigerian-American creator Luvvie Ajayi Jones: “You will be one of the vital influential ladies on this planet, and b/c you’re Black, you’ll be able to nonetheless proceed to be locked out. The message we get is, ‘You’ll be able to by no means do sufficient.’”
MLK’s birthplace nearly set on fireplace
Now, shifting gears to a disturbing incident, somebody tried to set Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s beginning house on fireplace. Sure, you learn that proper. A girl named Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, 26, tried to mild it up. Thank goodness for the swift motion of two vacationers from Utah who stopped her from utilizing a lighter to ignite a fireplace. The weird half? I held my breath in hopes that the individual wasn’t Black, and sadly I used to be mistaken. This was earlier than I discovered of the lady’s title. What might have pushed her to such an act towards an emblem of civil rights? What did Martin Luther King Jr. do to her? Because the investigation unfolds, we hope to grasp the motives behind this surprising incident.
U.S Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduces groundbreaking invoice
In brighter information, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) have dropped a groundbreaking invoice referred to as The Inclusive Democracy Act. This historic transfer goals to revive the voting rights of incarcerated people, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown residents. The invoice would create a course of for incarcerated residents to register to vote by mail. The proposed laws seeks to finish felony disenfranchisement in federal elections, probably enfranchising 4.6 million Individuals. We’ve seen time and time once more how the nation’s felony justice system has been used to maintain tens of millions of Individuals out of the poll packing containers, and truthfully, it is a good step in the appropriate route. I wish to think about this, however the way in which the Republicans and Supreme Court docket have been transferring to undermine voting rights for Black and Brown folks, this isn’t going to go down with no battle.
