'Marginalized groups often can’t afford to stay “neutral” when their rights are on the line.'
.) How can we expect writers, especially those from marginalized communities, to refrain from taking a position on some of the most urgent and impactful issues of our times, including climate change, health care, and the mass incarceration of people of color? Journalists have an important role to play in politics, but they are not exempt from being affected by politics themselves.
Even more a part of this notion is the assumption that journalists, reporters, and editors are subhuman and expected to be on the periphery of the human experience. This assumption is dangerous and exclusionary, placing people on a level of objectivity that no one is capable of. Furthermore, it poses that journalists do not have the right to vote, donate to, campaign for, or speak their truth about a candidate who may have their best interests in mind.
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