Malaak Compton-Rock

Mother, advocate, organizer, author, speaker. Passionate about girls education, poverty reduction, human rights, social justice & unleashing human potential.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

So let me get this straight.

Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.

Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.

Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.

Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.

And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”

Please.

[Malaak Compton-Rock @ARProject]

@RediTlhabi @united This is why I absolutely will not take @united from NYC to Joberg for my 2-3 trips to SA each year. The direct is not worth the hassle or service. Sorry.

[Malaak Compton-Rock @ARProject]

@RNN_RoyalNews You are an ignorant racist woman. You consistently spew out dog whistles but like all Trumpers, you just get more blatant. You are no more journalist than you are photographer. Just an Anglo woman who disdains anything Black or Brown. Shameful post.

[Jaime Harrison @harrisonjaime]

.@Sen_JoeManchin and @kyrstensinema will go down in history as two of the people who stood at the doorway and blocked the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act when democracy and Black political power were under assault.

History teaches us what happens when leaders choose political comfort over moral courage. The Hayes Tilden Compromise ended Reconstruction and unleashed nearly a century of disenfranchisement, terror, and the systematic destruction of Black political power across the South.

Different era. Different names. Same devastating consequences.

When people ask how we got here, their failure to lead and act in that moment will be part of the answer.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

A lot has happened, but not much has changed.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

There have been only four Black congressmen elected to the U.S. House from Louisiana since Reconstruction.

They’re all in this photo.

[Malaak Compton-Rock @ARProject]

@Delta Water is a human right! I’m a loyal Diamond medallion flyer. I’m a long-haul Delta One flyer for vacay & work. Thus, I’m very disappointed in your decision to end beverage service on short flights. You can’t be saving much but are taking away a basic necessity. Shameful!

[Candidly Tiff @tify330]

Van Jones made me turn off the TV. I hate CNN.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill on John Roberts's decades-long history of opposing the Voting Rights Act

[Keisha For Georgia @KeishaForGA]

BREAKING NEWS: President Joe Biden just endorsed Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor!

From her time as mayor to serving in the Biden Administration, Keisha has a record of delivering for Georgians. #gapol

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

I'm pretty sure that Thurgood Marshall would be rolling over in his grave. Knowing that he was replaced by a black man whose only job has been the repress and deny black people equality.

Ironically, Clarence Thomas met his wife Ginni in 1986 at an affirmative action conference, which they both opposed. They bonded over making sure the playing field was never level for blacks and a year later in 1987 they married.

What's so perplexing about Clarence Thomas is that he benefited from affirmative action during his admission to Yale Law School in 1971. Yale aimed to increase minority enrollment to roughly 10% of the class. He later decided that wasn't a good thing.

Clarence Thomas benefited from affirmative action. Then he decided, no other black person should.

Self-hatred is a helluva drug.

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Maya Wiley (@mayawiley), head of @civilrightsorg, explains the significance of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — which the Supreme Court gutted yesterday — and what it means that minority groups will no longer have that protection.

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

Remember when people said it was hyperbole that Republicans would cancel elections

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Louisiana’s GOP governor just declared a STATE OF EMERGENCY to CANCEL an election.

Not for a storm — but to redraw maps so he can ERASE a historically Black district.

They’re not even hiding it. MAGA is rigging elections to silence YOU.

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

Today’s Supreme Court decision in 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘷𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘴 gutted what remains of the Voting Rights Act. This ruling opens the door to racial gerrymandering that will take us back to Jim Crow. This is a betrayal of Black voters, America, and democracy. Another Bloody Sunday.

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

The Voting Rights Act is one of the greatest achievements of American Democracy.

Passed by Congress after passionate debates and hard compromises, signed into law by President Johnson, the VRA dismantled Jim Crow, and broke the machinery of voter suppression overnight. It transformed American politics, accomplished the will of the American people.

Now, in yet another act of arrogant judicial supremacy, the Trump Court has gutted it.

[James E. Clyburn @RepJamesClyburn]

Today’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a giant step backward in our “pursuit of a more perfect Union,” as this activist court continues to dismantle the 1965 Voting Rights Act, one decision at a time.

This decision threatens to send our country deeper into the thicket of never-ending redistricting fights, with repeated aggressive map redraws, protracted legal battles, and relentless partisan tugs-of-war, all of which are destined to result in more regressive Court decisions.

This Court seems hellbent on redeeming the post-Reconstruction America that neutered the 1875 Civil Rights Act and other legislative and judicial actions that drastically limited Black participation and achievement, and eliminated African American political representation in multiple Southern states.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Today's Supreme Court decision reverses hard-won progress under the Voting Rights Act.

It means less representation for millions of Black Americans and other voters of color, as lawmakers gain greater ability to manipulate their districts. There will be more extreme partisan gerrymandering, lopsided elections, less accountable government, and policies that hurt rather than help with everyday life.

But this is no time to be demoralized, because we know it does not have to be this way. We can mobilize around reform, new laws, and where necessary, constitutional amendments for fairer government. Only then can we feel the benefits of a balanced Court, a truly representative Congress, and an election system free from the distorting power of extreme corporate and partisan manipulation.

[Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @SenatorWarnock]

Trump’s Supreme Court has gutted the protections that Dr. King marched for.

The protections made possible by civil rights protestors who spilled blood in pursuit of a more perfect union.

This is a devastating and profound step backwards for American Democracy.