Jimmy So

Editor of @ColumbiaGR book imprint @Columbia
Adjunct reporting instructor @ColumbiaJourn
Atelier de poterie

[Jimmy So @jimmyso]

My new review essay in The New Republic, on Kelly Lytle Hernández’s new book "Racist by Design" and the appalling history that enabled Trump's cruelty—laws designed over two centuries to benefit slaveholders, eugenicists, and segregationists.

https://t.co/TbYkgt03yg

[Jimmy So @jimmyso]

New in The New Republic: Can movies warn us that democracy is in danger?

Siegfried Kracauer believed mass culture reveals fears and desires before politics fully articulates them. What happens if we apply his method to American movies now?

https://t.co/xdj5VvuLoV

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

The Appalling History That Enabled Trump’s Immigration Cruelty https://t.co/YK4QScNx3Q