La-Neka S. Brown

Divine Disciple, Servant-Leader, Entrepreneur, Educator, Global Citizen and Ph.D. student

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Donald Trump's presidency has revealed the "baldly honest" way institutions have worked in the United States, says sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom.

"The idea of social progress blinded us to, I think, the dangers and the rigors of the places in our institutions that were absolutely capturing wholesale communities," she told PBS News' @GeoffRBennett.

"What has happened under Trump is that the gap between our illusion about social progress and how institutions function has collapsed," she added.

Cottom, a MacArthur Fellow and New York Times columnist, spoke to Bennett about waning public trust in institutions and how the second Trump administration has revealed the truth about power in America.

"What we're seeing is a baldly honest version of institutions, certainly how institutions have worked for poor people in this country for generations, how they have worked for minorities, for immigrants, to a certain extent for women in this country, for sexual minorities, and that more people are now able to see it because they are now vulnerable to it," she said.

Cottom sat down with Bennett for PBS News' podcast, "Settle In." For the full episode: https://t.co/BcRaH8Czlp

[Etan Thomas @etanthomas36]

Dear white people:

[𝓝𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓼 @NikkiBarnes]

What exactly did y'all not understand?

[Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks @CornellWBrooks]

ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. The deaths are variations of the same fatal theme.

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@MissyElliott the bass is so low that we can’t hear what Cici is saying. Sound tech needs to adjust.

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

Calling all Virginia Commonwealth University alumni, and those who benefit from VCU. Today is Giving Day. Please consider giving a little or a whole lot to the School of Education’s Holmes Scholar Program for Ph.D. students.

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[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@mychal3ts @SolanoLibrary Thank you for sharing your love of the library and passion for books with us. I will be praying for your peace and restoration during this time of reflection and rest.

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@RayKhadejah https://t.co/j3xdWkK9d0

[Derek Pankaew @DPankaew]

Turn any paper into audio and listen on your phone!

Listen while walking, making dinner, or exercising. It's easy to fit your learning into your daily routine!

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

An appeals court has ordered a Black venture capital firm to pause grant apps supporting Black women founders

A conservative group sued the Fearless Fund, alleging racial discrimination for only helping Black women

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[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

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[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@Dr_LaRon_Scott Can you share the registration link?

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@Frankiestags @MatthewLauseng @KeneAkers So there’s no audio, but you co-sign w/ the original author, that what was said was enough to be assaulted. However, even when it’s on video that the black man had his hands in his pockets, you believe he’s a criminal & a threat but the white cop is innocent until proven guilty?

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@vcvenus @keithboykin @AttorneyCrump If they did not know what happened, hence why they held the guy down, how do you come to the conclusions they filed a report? The person detained is a third of the size of the killer cop. With no yelling or scuffling prior to the ASSULT how choose to use the word altercation?

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@jaybrandon4981 @clownworld You do see that these people are white, right? More importantly, they’re not black.

[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@81611zg @EdKrassen https://t.co/3DkV5AxXg4

[The Black Wall Street Times @TheBWSTimes]

GREENWOOD Dist. — The Tulsa Police Department Bomb Squad arrested a man Wednesday night after finding more than 20 explosive devices in a car parked less than two miles from Black Wall Street, just outside Historic Greenwood District.

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[La-Neka S. Brown @lanekasbrown]

@Tez_720 @EdKrassen https://t.co/3DkV5Ayv5C

[The Black Wall Street Times @TheBWSTimes]

GREENWOOD Dist. — The Tulsa Police Department Bomb Squad arrested a man Wednesday night after finding more than 20 explosive devices in a car parked less than two miles from Black Wall Street, just outside Historic Greenwood District.

https://t.co/jU5jYe1NQi