On November 9th, 2018 an article done by the Washington Post was posted to their website. The Washington Post depicts Donald Trump targeting three African American news reporters. A woman named Abby Phillip was told by the President that they are, “stupid,” “a loser,” and her question was considered “racist.” She is a CNN porter who asked if Robert Muller III is a probe. Trump replied “what a stupid question that is.” He never answered the question and went later on to say, “I watch you a lot and you ask a lot of stupid questions.” Another reporter named April Ryan, who works for Urban Radio Networks, was told by Trump, “she’s doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing.” He said this to Ryan two days after saying, “sit down I wasn’t talking to you.” He continues to disrespect these women and not allowing them to speak or report on the news. Instead he is interrupting their reporting. He is demeaning what their work is and calling them racist for no true reason except wanting to judge. Trump has attacked colored people many times and he makes it seem okay for others to do it. This is a bad precedent for the United States and it must be fixed. There must be a change now to not have actions like his occur commonly.
Black or Gay, Pick One
In today’s society, you will still find many people who look down upon people who are black and many people who look down upon people who aren’t straight. I guess being black and queer is really getting the best of both worlds nowadays, isn’t it? Queer African-Americans are more likely to be the victim of a hate crime or police brutality than queer Caucasians. Black transgender women experience the most violence in the community and have a higher rate of fatality from violence towards the LGBTQ+ community. Just recently, on December 7th, a transgender black woman named Kelly Stough was fatally shot at only 36 years old. It has been stated that evidence will be provided towards her gender identity being a motive for her murder. We should be concerned about this because the amount of violence in this community is on the rise. Our generation (gen z) is statistically the queerest generation with only around an estimated 66 percent of people being strictly heterosexual. With more people in our generation coming out and more violence targeted toward the LGBTQ+ community, with the highest percentages being of attacks on African-Americans we should all try and become advocates or allies. Whether it’s yourself or for someone you know, we are all impacted by this and in order to make it stop, we need to try and make a change.
Our Demeaning Culture 