By Eva Paterson and Jayashri Srikantiah This week, our hearts were broken when we heard Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions spew forth ugly venom about our undocumented family, friends, and neighbors in rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Rachel Maddow brilliantly connected the dots between this week’s announcement and the eugenics movementContinueContinue reading “Sorry, White Supremacists: This is Our Country and We’re Not Going Anywhere”
Author Archives: Eva Paterson
On Charlottesville as an ‘Inflection Point’
Charlottesville–the latest name in a geographical tour of white supremacist outrages. On Saturday, I was watching the news just as many of us were. I have fabulous friends so I reached out to them for guidance on what to do and how to think about what was unfolding before my eyes. An MSNBC commentator feltContinueContinue reading “On Charlottesville as an ‘Inflection Point’”
Dean of Yale Law Gets Schooled on Black History
One of my favorite people in life is the fabulous Dale Minami. We have been good friends for decades and revel in schooling each other on the history of our respective communities. Recently he asked me if I had seen the exchange between the Dean of Yale Law and our Berkeley Law buddy Dennis Roberts.ContinueContinue reading “Dean of Yale Law Gets Schooled on Black History”