Reclaiming the Narrative: How Philanthropy Must Lead in Media Accountability and Power

Reclaiming the Narrative: How Philanthropy Must Lead in Media Accountability and Power

OLD NARRATIVES It must be remembered that the white group of laborers, while they received low wage, were compensated in part by a sort of public and psychological wage. They were given public deference and titles of courtesy because they were white. They were admitted freely with all classes of white people to public functions, public parks, and the best schools. The police were drawn from their ranks, and the courts, dependent upon their vote…