Dear friend,
The cops that murdered Breonna Taylor are walking free. As our country continues to erupt with grief and anger over yet another injustice, Donald Trump is doing everything he can to undermine the movement to defend Black lives.
Tomorrow, Trump and Joe Biden will face off on the debate stage, and millions of Americans will tune in. The debate is supposed to be a neutral, nonpartisan ground for candidates to inform voters on their stances.
But in the midst of a global outcry over the murders of Black people, the organizer of the debate, the Commission on Presidential Debates, has already sided with Trump's anti-Black racism.
Fox News' Chris Wallace will moderate tomorrow's debate, and he and the commission announced last week that a debate topic will be "Race and Violence in our Cities."¹ This is a classic anti-Black dog whistle, playing into white supremacist narratives that equate Blackness with violence. We aren't surprised to hear this coming from Fox News, but the debate commission--which is supposed to be nonpartisan--recklessly legitimized it as an official debate topic.
Dear friend, we can't let anti-Blackness be the official framework for our national debates.
Will you sign the petition to demand the Commission on Presidential Debates cut right-wing racism from the debate framework ?
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Our legal system has once again shown whom it serves and protects : killer cops, private property, and white supremacy. And while protesters bravely take to the streets to demand justice for Breonna, Trump and other right-wing politicians use racist fearmongering to encourage police violence and white supremacist terrorism.
Every institution is responsible for intervening in this deadly narrative. By approving Wallace's racist narrative, the debate commission has recklessly legitimized anti-Blackness and sided with right-wing extremism.
We demand better. From dinner conversations to national debates, the way we talk about racism shapes our actions and policies.
It's on all of us to keep pushing forward–to keep demanding justice for Breonna and for all Black lives.
Tell the Commission on Presidential Debates: cut racist tropes from the debate framework.
Thanks for speaking out !
Shaunna, Kathy, Sonja, Melody, Lindsay, Iris, KD, Maria, Kimberly, Elisa, KaeLyn, and Katie, the UltraViolet Action team.
Source :
1. Moderator Announces Topics for First Presidential Debate, The Commission on Presidential Debates, September 22, 2020.
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