When we think about what the stronghold of white supremacy is people think of N*zis and Klansmen, but the stronghold of white supremacy is our education system. The US education system continues to centralize whiteness, and it’s only going to get worse.

The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians was increasingly normalized throughout the Biden administration, creating the environment that Trump inherited and is running with. He can say the quiet part out loud because we’ve all watched the quiet part, we know it well.

During the explosion of Chappell Roans’s career, I watched musicians, big and small, stay silent on Palestine. Most were unwilling to jeopardize their careers, to sever contacts and lose contracts. Despite it being such a crucial time in her come up, Chappell still decided to speak out.

The fact that Beyoncé is the first Black artist to win Best Country Album at the Grammys, a genre created by Black musicians, should be an embarrassment to the establishment.