Trump hosted a Black History Month celebration at the White House, but failed to address his administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and his racist new federal policy that allows only white South Africans to come to America but punishes Black people in that country.
Keith Boykin
Keith Boykin is a New York Times–bestselling author, TV and film producer, and former CNN political commentator. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Keith served in the White House, cofounded the National Black Justice Coalition, cohosted the BET talk show My Two Cents, and taught at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York. He’s a Lambda Literary Award-winning author and editor of seven books. He lives in Los Angeles.
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