In an interview for The Texas Tribune Festival, the journalist urged Texans to organize in response to the state’s book bans and restrictions on public school lessons.
University of Texas at Austin journalism professor Kathleen McElroy speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones about confronting racial injustice at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday in Austin., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
McElroy was hired to launch a new journalism program at Texas A&M, her alma mater, but the offer was watered down after the university faced pushback from conservative groups who objected to McElroy’s previous advocacy for diversity and inclusion in newsrooms. McElroy, a former New York Times editor, rescinded her acceptance and settled with the university for $1 million.
“We both are representing what happens to so many black and brown women in the academy or no matter what your job is,” Hannah-Jones said. “You do everything they tell you you’re supposed to do, you do everything quote unquote ‘right,’ you follow the rules, you seem to excel, and then in the end they just pull the rug out and change the rules on you.”
Hannah-Jones, who majored in history, said that contrary to popular belief, democracy has only existed in the United States since 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was passed, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. She then warned that the future of democracy hinges upon the continued activism of the next generation.
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