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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861530\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 714px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13861530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/YouCanComeBack.jpg\" alt='\"You can go back to wherever you came from\" Editorial cartoon drawing shows \"L.B.J.\" standing on the back of a truck with another man labeled \"89th Congress\" who wields a hand truck for the removal of \"Immigration Snobbery\" from the Statue of Liberty.' width=\"714\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/YouCanComeBack.jpg 714w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/YouCanComeBack-160x181.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial cartoon drawing shows “L.B.J.” standing on the back of a truck with another man labeled “89th Congress” who wields a hand truck for the removal of “Immigration Snobbery” from the Statue of Liberty. \u003ccite>(Herbert Block, 1965 / Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/14/741630889/congresswomen-denounce-trump-tweets-telling-them-to-go-back-to-their-home-countr\">tweeted his racist remarks\u003c/a> Sunday, asking why certain Democratic congresswomen don’t just “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” he did not just take aim at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741771445/trump-continues-twitter-assault-on-4-minority-congresswomen\">four women of color\u003c/a> — three of whom were born in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He did so using a taunt that has long, deeply entrenched roots in American history: Why don’t you just go back where you came from?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question doesn’t always appear in those precise words, nor does it always surface in the same situations. And it doesn’t always get directed at the same groups of people — far from it, in fact. But more often than not, it conveys the same sentiment: You — and others like you — are not welcome here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been different phrases that have been used,” says \u003ca href=\"https://gspm.gwu.edu/dr-michael-cornfield\">Michael Cornfield\u003c/a>, a scholar of rhetoric at \u003ca href=\"https://gspm.gwu.edu/\">George Washington University\u003c/a>, “but the idea that we don’t have any more room for people, or those people don’t look like us, this is a long, ugly strain in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uh.edu/class/english/people/faculty/wingard/\">Jennifer Wingard\u003c/a>, a University of Houston professor who has looked at rhetoric and immigrant communities, traces this sentiment at least to 1798, when the U.S. passed a series of laws — together known as the the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp\">Alien and Sedition Acts\u003c/a> — that were aimed at making citizenship more difficult for immigrants and deportation easier for U.S. authorities to carry out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The legislation is actually constructed for the ability to remove immigrants who are saying things against the U.S. government,” she says, explaining that these laws were passed in a tumultuous political climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were starting to see different political parties and different politicians arguing for different ways that the government should be run. And it just happened that politically, they could try to maintain and try to withhold the status quo by putting it on the backs of immigrants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those laws established a pattern, she says, that would resurface with new waves of immigration and new perceived threats — from the Great Famine in Ireland and the Spanish-American War to the Great Depression and the attacks on Sept. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13861531\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc1_custom-1326a615b4a7e8dc6bd2d95e37044709ae1a8755-s800-c85.jpg\" alt=\"This cartoon, published around 1855, reflects the pervasive anti-Catholic sentiment of the era — perhaps best epitomized by the rise of the Know-Nothings, a nativist political party. Catholics, led by the pope, are depicted as an invading force of foreigners, rebuffed by a man dressed like Uncle Sam, who likens them to the anti-Christ.\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc1_custom-1326a615b4a7e8dc6bd2d95e37044709ae1a8755-s800-c85.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc1_custom-1326a615b4a7e8dc6bd2d95e37044709ae1a8755-s800-c85-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc1_custom-1326a615b4a7e8dc6bd2d95e37044709ae1a8755-s800-c85-768x586.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This cartoon, published around 1855, reflects the pervasive anti-Catholic sentiment of the era — perhaps best epitomized by the rise of the Know-Nothings, a nativist political party. Catholics, led by the pope, are depicted as an invading force of foreigners, rebuffed by a man dressed like Uncle Sam, who likens them to the anti-Christ. \u003ccite>(Nathaniel Currier/Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every wave of immigration that gets in sees the next wave as the threat. That is the wave that is now going to take the jobs, that is now going to take things away,” Wingard says. “The latest flow in is always the one that seems the most threatening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/akraut.cfm\">Alan Kraut\u003c/a>, a scholar at American University who is writing a history of anti-immigrant feeling in the U.S., says he saw this kind of thing play out firsthand when he was a child growing up in the Bronx.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids had a fight in the street and the kids were from different ethnic groups, one kid would often say to the other: ‘You and your parents go back where you came from,’ ” Kraut recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, it could mean Brooklyn. But it could also mean go back where you came from — you know, Russian Jews who came to the United States, southern Italians who came to the United States, Puerto Ricans newly arrived,” he continues. “So when this came out of the mouth of this president who’s from Queens, it sounded almost like a child saying that in my memory on the streets of New York.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process renews often, Wingard says, and she says the sentiment remains steady even if the names of the targeted groups change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13861529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc3_custom-cbfc43c027ddf4c9fce82d11e16a49e788e1f11e-s800-c85.jpg\" alt='A cartoon, published in 1891, titled \"Where the Blame Lies.\" shows a man gesturing toward a crowd of immigrants — including the \"German socialist,\" \"Italian brigand\" and \"English convict.\" The gesturing man tells a sagging Uncle Sam: \"If Immigration was properly Restricted you would no longer be troubled with Anarchy, Socialism, the Mafia and such kindred evils!\"' width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc3_custom-cbfc43c027ddf4c9fce82d11e16a49e788e1f11e-s800-c85.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc3_custom-cbfc43c027ddf4c9fce82d11e16a49e788e1f11e-s800-c85-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc3_custom-cbfc43c027ddf4c9fce82d11e16a49e788e1f11e-s800-c85-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cartoon, published in 1891, titled “Where the Blame Lies.” shows a man gesturing toward a crowd of immigrants — including the “German socialist,” “Italian brigand” and “English convict.” The gesturing man tells a sagging Uncle Sam: “If Immigration was properly Restricted you would no longer be troubled with Anarchy, Socialism, the Mafia and such kindred evils!” \u003ccite>(Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co./Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a fancy theoretical term — it’s called a palimpsest,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.uh.edu/class/english/people/faculty/wingard/\">Jennifer Wingard\u003c/a>, a rhetoric scholar at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uh.edu/\">University of Houston\u003c/a>. A palimpsest, she explains, is a text that has been erased and overwritten — but that nevertheless continues to bear many of the markings and meanings largely concealed beneath the new writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They carry these sentiments that we have seen over centuries, but then they get repurposed for the current moment — and a phrase like that [racist taunt] becomes almost like a shorthand for anti-immigrant sentiment,” Wingard says. “You know, ‘go back where you came from’ is the same as ‘go back to your own country’ is the same as ‘you are not allowed here’ is the same as ‘no immigrants allowed.’ Yet it carries all of this historical shorthand with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cornfield says it’s partly the statement’s variability that makes it so powerful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It plays to the fear that somehow America is getting too full or that the mixing of ethnicities and races would somehow aggravate issues,” he says. “It’s a potent phrase and part of its potency is its ambiguity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s simplicity, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you use a phrase like this, you’re just asking people to forget about context and forget about policy choices,” he adds, “and just get angry at people who don’t look or sound like you do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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And it just happened that politically, they could try to maintain and try to withhold the status quo by putting it on the backs of immigrants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those laws established a pattern, she says, that would resurface with new waves of immigration and new perceived threats — from the Great Famine in Ireland and the Spanish-American War to the Great Depression and the attacks on Sept. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13861531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13861531\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/loc1_custom-1326a615b4a7e8dc6bd2d95e37044709ae1a8755-s800-c85.jpg\" alt=\"This cartoon, published around 1855, reflects the pervasive anti-Catholic sentiment of the era — perhaps best epitomized by the rise of the Know-Nothings, a nativist political party. 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To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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She had to miss the concert even though Kronos Quartet already paid for her travel and marketed the event using her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/IzeVKYTMqww\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arts presenters and legal experts say delays in artist visas are becoming more common under the Trump administration’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-extreme-vetting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extreme vetting\u003c/a>” policies, which they argue hurt the performing arts and have chilling consequences for free speech. Indeed, the administration now requires nearly all visa applicants to answer detailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-now-requires-us-visa-applicants-to-share-social-media-accounts-2019-06-01/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questions about their social media activity\u003c/a>, raising alarms among the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-comment-state-department-notices-requiring-social-media-information-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACLU\u003c/a> and other advocacy groups, who say these questions cause visa applicants to censor their online speech out of fear. Lawyers and talent bookers say the visa application process for international artists is opaque, arbitrary and inconsistent, and discourages much-needed cultural exchange at a time of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The worry is that promoters, presenters and festival organizers will be worried about this happening and therefore will decide not to engage with certain kinds of artists,” says Janet Cowperthwaite, managing director of the Kronos Performing Arts Association. “There’s a whole domino effect that can take place, really upsetting the ecosystem of our field.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Artists from the Global South hit with delays\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Musician and lawyer \u003ca href=\"https://www.covey.law/matthew-covey/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Covey\u003c/a>, whose firm represents at least 4,000 international artists a year, including Diabaté, says that visa delays like the one Diabaté experienced have become more frequent over the last six months as State Department officials ramp up the use of the DS-5535 form for artists from African nations President Trump once derided as “shithole countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large']Lawyers and talent bookers say the visa application process for international artists is opaque, arbitrary and inconsistent, and discourages much-needed cultural exchange at a time of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, Covey says, the application for an O or P visa for visiting entertainers, athletes and scholars takes several weeks to get approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department. But because it’s difficult to predict whether an artist will be asked to fill out a DS-5535 form, arts presenters have been running into unexpected visa delays that set off a chain reaction of lost revenue. When a show is abruptly canceled due to a visa delay, the concert presenter loses the money they invested in the artist’s visa application, legal fees and travel. The venue often sits empty, losing money from refunded concert tickets, with no ability to book another act to fill seats at short notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you see consistently artists from the Global South, the Middle East, from Latin America, from Africa are the ones who are principally running into these problems, the easiest way for arts presenters to minimize that risk is to not book artists from those parts of the world,” says Covey. “While it’s understandable, I think it’s tragic, because these are exactly the voices we need to be hearing in America culturally right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13860005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13860005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/trio-da-kali-800x660.jpg\" alt=\"Hawa Kasse Mady Diabate (left) of Trio Da Kali missed her June 1 performance with the Kronos Quartet due to an unexpected visa delay. Arts presenters say these are becoming more common under the Trump administration's "extreme vetting" policy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/trio-da-kali.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/trio-da-kali-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/trio-da-kali-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawa Kasse Mady Diabate (left) of Trio Da Kali missed her June 1 performance with the Kronos Quartet due to an unexpected visa delay. Arts presenters say these are becoming more common under the Trump administration’s “extreme vetting” policy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Trio Da Kali)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Covey says that the U.S. government’s two main concerns in implementing the DS-5535—screening people who are likely to pose a security risk or overstay their visas and immigrate to the U.S. illegally—are often enforced in racially biased ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s racism, and it’s economics, and it’s demographics,” says Covey, adding that artists from Africa and Latin America are seen as likelier to immigrate illegally, and Middle Eastern artists are stereotyped as potential terrorists. “The overlap of those Venn diagrams is enormous, and that’s why it’s hard to unravel this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Department officials, however, contend that they implement the DS-5535 form on a case-by-case basis due to a variety of factors, not just an artist’s country of origin. “Many factors can trigger the need for additional processing, including when concerns are raised after the applicant’s biographic or biometric information is processed through national security screening tools, consular screening tools, or at the discretion of the interviewing officer,” a State Department offical told KQED via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Seemingly arbitrary visa denials\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Covey says his clients, the Tanzanian electronic musicians \u003ca href=\"https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/uingizaji-hewa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke\u003c/a> and MCZO, were denied artist visas in May because couldn’t sufficiently prove that they weren’t planning to immigrate to the United States illegally. Covey argues that Duke and MCZO have no incentive to immigrate: the two run a record label in their home country, where they regularly sell out stadium shows and have a much larger following than they do in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, NOTHING could prove that we did not intend to run away illegally once checked in at our Holiday Inn,” the artists wrote at the time in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/NyegeNyegeFestival/posts/2354051684616689?__tn__=K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement on Facebook\u003c/a>. [aside postid='arts_13859890']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The scenario has really changed in the past year. Things that were completely predictable, would routinely be approved, are now being called into question for reasons that—to me—are apparent and not necessarily written into law,” says talent booker Bill Smith of \u003ca href=\"http://www.riotartists.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riot Artists\u003c/a>, who has been putting on U.S. tours for international artists for over 20 years. “Certainly people with Arabic names are unduly singled out—and frankly, they’re not necessarily applying the law. I think they’re applying the unspoken will of the administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.billmartinez.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Martinez\u003c/a>, a concert presenter and lawyer representing international artists, says that he has encountered visa issues with recent clients of his, including the Indian dance troupe \u003ca href=\"https://www.snda.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts\u003c/a>. Martinez says the U.S. government denied their visa because it determined that the dancers did not have enough money to support themselves during a short trip to Seattle. However, Martinez submitted evidence that the event presenter planned to pay for travel, room and board; a “per diem” allowance for food and expenses; plus an honorarium to compensate for the performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/mH0Xfmotbfg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t make sense,” says Martinez. “But it’s exactly the frustrating reality we’re coping with. It causes consternation, doubts among the presenters who lose money doing the filings [for the artists’ visa applications].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, despite recent difficulties in obtaining artist visas, some arts presenters aren’t deterred. SFJAZZ founder and executive artistic director Randall Kline says he’s determined to continue booking international artists from Africa and Latin America in particular as part of his organization’s mission to promote music from the African diaspora. He says the process has always been difficult during his 30 years as a concert presenter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The United States has never been easy with work visas for artists. While the climate is difficult now, it’s never been easy,” he says, adding that arts presenters must now allow for much more lead time when booking a concert to accommodate surprise visa delays. “It isn’t the plague descending on us right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Chilling’ consequences for free speech\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arts presenters and legal experts also raise red flags about the addition of extensive questions about visiting artists’ (and scholars and athletes’) social media presence on visa applications. While State Department officials say that the U.S. government doesn’t deny visas based on political beliefs, critics argue that these questions can encourage self-censorship because of fear that what someone posts online can affect their application. [aside postid='arts_13859688']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not discounting the need for security, but that need needs to be balanced with freedom to express our thoughts, including criticism of the government,” says Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the State Department maintains that it’s not denying visas based on political beliefs. “Consular officers cannot deny visas based on applicants’ race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, political views, gender, or sexual orientation,” an official wrote via email. “The collection of social media identifiers is consistent with this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Bill Smith, talent booker at Riot Artists']\u003c/span>“Certainly people with Arabic names are unduly singled out—and frankly, they’re not necessarily applying the law. I think they’re applying the unspoken will of the administration.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of whether, when looking at social media, they make decisions based on what they see there, it clearly has to have a kind of chilling effect on freedom of expression by any artist planning to come to the U.S.,” says Covey. “Even if I’m a Norwegian opera singer, I’m going to think twice before going on my Facebook account and saying what I think about climate change because I don’t want to screw up my tour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and other experts say that the U.S. government’s visa policies prevent cultural exchange, fueling the country’s xenophobic climate amid an anti-immigrant administration. “Nothing benefits from shutting doors,” says Martinez. “If you don’t have communication—which culture is—you don’t have these cultural exchanges, there is no hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Correction:\u003c/strong> This article incorrectly stated that the application for an O or P visa for visiting entertainers, athletes and scholars takes a week to ten days to get approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department. In fact, it takes several weeks. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Anschutz called the stories, based on public records of his charity, “fake news.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty connections to Trump aside, Sirius has attracted liberal criticism for its own programming decisions. In 2016, a media coalition \u003ca href=\"https://futureofmusic.org/pressmention/latino-civil-rights-groups-media-coalition-take-aim-siriusxm-shifting-eight-latin-music\">protested\u003c/a> Sirius’ move to eliminate 80 percent of its Latin music channels, saying the satellite service turned its back on Spanish-speaking listeners “at a time when Latinos are most misunderstood and fighting constant attacks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year, Sirius reintroduced Steve Bannon as a regular host on its Patriot channel, calling the former Trump advisor a “conservative populist icon” as part of a Breitbart expansion. In response, celebrities such as Seth Rogen and Melissa Etheridge called for a \u003ca href=\"https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/10/media/sirius-xm-steve-bannon-boycott/index.html\">boycott\u003c/a> of Sirius. “I will not be a part of normalizing hate speech,” Etheridge said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Breitbart eventually cut ties with Bannon in 2018, forcing him to also step down from Sirius.) [contextly_sidebar id=”behKZRs8K9PFoI9nTiaF7vymcBN4fSiN”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty is also a partial 34-percent owner of Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, where Maffei also chairs the board. So the Pandora acquisition is, however indirectly, an expansion of Live Nation’s presence in the Bay Area. Goldenvoice and Live Nation have aggressively angled for more control of the local concert market in recent years—to the detriment, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13846754/in-2018-corporate-monotony-seized-san-francisco-music-venues\">critics say\u003c/a>, of show-goers and independent venues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the relationship between Pandora and other Liberty holdings such as Live Nation remains to be seen, Pandora cofounder and on-and-off executive Tim Westergren approvingly cited Sirius’s connection to “the live business” last year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pandora Media shareholders voted Tuesday to approve its $3.5 billion acquisition by satellite radio company Sirius XM, adding the struggling webcaster and one of Oakland’s largest employers to the portfolio of major Donald Trump and Republican Party donors at parent company Liberty Media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The closely watched acquisition, announced in September and expected to close by March, creates what the companies call the world’s largest audio entertainment company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pandora has more than 70 million listeners, mostly on its ad-supported free tier, but the company has long lost money and lately fallen behind on-demand streaming competitors such as Spotify and Apple Music. Sirius, by contrast, is profitable with more than 30 million subscribers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal consolidates Pandora and Sirius XM under the control of Liberty Media, a Colorado company owned and run by conservative donors, at a time when music industry political giving and tech ties to the Trump administration are increasingly scrutinized. Policy experts also say the merger empowers a company that’s aggressively fought to suppress royalty payments for artists and copyright holders. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty founder John Malone, a longtime media mogul, and CEO Greg Maffei, who’s also the board chairman at Sirius, have donated millions to Trump and GOP candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individually and through Liberty political action committees, Malone and Maffei collectively gave $1 million to Trump’s 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The donation follows roughly $1 million each to conservative national candidates for office, FEC records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’ inaugural committee and a related super PAC are the subject of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/trump-inauguration-investigation.html\">federal investigation\u003c/a> for influence peddling and illegal coordination. Donors of $1 million or more, according to a brochure \u003ca href=\"https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/donald-trump-offering-huge-perks-for-inauguration-donors/\">published\u003c/a> by the Center for Public Integrity, received four tickets to a “leadership luncheon” advertised as an “exclusive inaugural event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty spokespeople didn’t respond to comment requests from KQED. In interviews, Malone has voiced his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tByi-4LuNE0\">support\u003c/a> for Trump’s positions on trade and immigration, and said he expects the administration to be favorable to the entertainment industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Tim-Westergren-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Co-founder of Pandora Radio Tim Westergren speaks on stage in December 2016 in New York City. \" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Tim-Westergren.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Tim-Westergren-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Tim-Westergren-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Co-founder of Pandora Radio Tim Westergren speaks on stage in December 2016 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Pandora Media)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although Liberty’s controlling interest in Sirius has received little media attention, the Pandora acquisition comes at a time when conservative music industry giving has prompted protest. 2017 reports of Philip Anschutz, Goldenvoice parent company AEG’s owner, financially supporting \u003ca href=\"https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-co-owners-latest-charitable-filing-shows-deep-anti-lgbtq-ties/\">anti-gay organizations\u003c/a> spurred calls to boycott Goldenvoice music festival Coachella. (Anschutz called the stories, based on public records of his charity, “fake news.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty connections to Trump aside, Sirius has attracted liberal criticism for its own programming decisions. In 2016, a media coalition \u003ca href=\"https://futureofmusic.org/pressmention/latino-civil-rights-groups-media-coalition-take-aim-siriusxm-shifting-eight-latin-music\">protested\u003c/a> Sirius’ move to eliminate 80 percent of its Latin music channels, saying the satellite service turned its back on Spanish-speaking listeners “at a time when Latinos are most misunderstood and fighting constant attacks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year, Sirius reintroduced Steve Bannon as a regular host on its Patriot channel, calling the former Trump advisor a “conservative populist icon” as part of a Breitbart expansion. In response, celebrities such as Seth Rogen and Melissa Etheridge called for a \u003ca href=\"https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/10/media/sirius-xm-steve-bannon-boycott/index.html\">boycott\u003c/a> of Sirius. “I will not be a part of normalizing hate speech,” Etheridge said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Breitbart eventually cut ties with Bannon in 2018, forcing him to also step down from Sirius.) \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty is also a partial 34-percent owner of Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, where Maffei also chairs the board. So the Pandora acquisition is, however indirectly, an expansion of Live Nation’s presence in the Bay Area. Goldenvoice and Live Nation have aggressively angled for more control of the local concert market in recent years—to the detriment, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13846754/in-2018-corporate-monotony-seized-san-francisco-music-venues\">critics say\u003c/a>, of show-goers and independent venues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the relationship between Pandora and other Liberty holdings such as Live Nation remains to be seen, Pandora cofounder and on-and-off executive Tim Westergren approvingly cited Sirius’s connection to “the live business” last year. And Liberty plans to expand further in the music business: According to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/liberty-media-about-to-become-the-most-powerful-company-in-music-780411/\">feature\u003c/a> in \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>, it’s even eyeing broadcast giant iHeart Media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sirius XM is itself the result of onetime competitors Sirius and XM merging despite antitrust concerns in 2008. Kevin Erickson, director of Washington, D.C. artist advocacy group the Future of Music Coalition, said the Pandora-Sirius deal continues a troubling consolidation trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If one company is allowed to combine the satellite radio monopoly with the largest company in digital radio, the largest broadcast radio station group, and potentially one of the two dominant forces in live music, that’s truly unprecedented gatekeeper power,” Erickson said, calling the plan “a catastrophe for independent musicians and a fans.” \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As so called non-interactive services, Sirius and Pandora rely on statutory licenses issued by the government as a baseline for their royalty obligations to artists and copyright holders. Without competition, Erickson said, that baseline becomes the ceiling instead of the floor. “When one buyer effectively controls an entire marketplace—what’s called a monopsony—they have the bargaining power to drive wages down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example of Liberty’s artist relations, Erickson pointed to the Music Modernization Act. The legislation, signed into law last year, aimed to adapt copyright for the streaming era in part by extending federal copyright protection to sound recordings made before February 15, 1972. Liberty, according to Erickson, was the act’s most aggressive opponent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we already know something about how much respect they have for musicians,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Bay Area tech industry ties to the Trump administration have begun to draw the ire of rank-and-file workers. Last June, protesters disrupted Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference to decry the software company’s contract with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. The Tech Workers Coalition has argued that the contract makes Salesforce complicit in Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign, despite the company’s outspoken liberal leader Marc Benioff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mood among Pandora employees towards Liberty’s little-publicized political affinities is unclear. Two workers who asked to remain anonymous told KQED office talk is focused on the company’s move last year to cut 5 percent of its workforce amid an expansion in Atlanta. The combined company, according to an internal document \u003ca href=\"http://www.insideradio.com/free/after-merger-with-siriusxm-pandora-will-move-hq-to-new/article_efc95f62-d10f-11e8-aead-0f9a98996a12.html\">reported\u003c/a> in October, will be headquartered in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pandora had 2,488 full-time workers worldwide as of late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last year, California Humanities issued more than $1 million in grants to artists and cultural organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ state partner has suspended grant-making indefinitely as the historic federal government shutdown nears its sixth week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The independent nonprofit, which has offices in Oakland and Los Angeles, is operating on an “austerity basis,” CEO Julie Fry told KQED, unable to release even already awarded grants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final two months of 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://calhum.org/\">California Humanities\u003c/a> awarded more than 30 grants totaling approximately $350,000. But the release of the funds, in some cases expected to occur this month, is now delayed. Likewise, interim and final payments of earlier grants are on pause until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Claudio Roncoli a recipient of an award from the National Endowment for the Arts works in his studio space at the Bakehouse Art Complex on March 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13824382\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudio Roncoli a recipient of an award from the National Endowment for the Arts works in his studio space at the Bakehouse Art Complex on March 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. \u003ccite>(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We will resume payments as soon as the government reopens, the federal budget is approved, and the NEH recommences payments to the state humanities councils,” Fry told grant recipients and hopefuls in an email sent on Friday. “At this point, we are unsure how long this process will take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fry said the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) contributes a “significant portion” of California Humanities’ grant-making budget. Last year California Humanities awarded just over $1,030,000 to 98 projects statewide in categories such as documentary filmmaking and library innovation. Now, though, the organization is pausing even travel and office expenses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re making do with what paper towels we already have,” Fry said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-800x558.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of the African Diaspora\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-800x558.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-768x535.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-1020x711.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-1200x836.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-1920x1338.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Museum of the African Diaspora. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Museum of the African Diaspora)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the country, the National Gallery of Art as well as 19 Smithsonian museums are closed due to the shutdown. Their employees are among an estimated 800,000 federal workers furloughed or otherwise deprived of at least one paycheck during the holiday season. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government shutdown, now the longest in history as President Donald Trump demands billions for a southern border wall that he’d promised Mexico would pay for, has also shuttered both the national endowments for the arts and humanities, which together disburse nearly $300 million nationwide each year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bay Area artists and cultural nonprofits reliant on the national endowments, either directly or through state-level groups such as the California Arts Council and California Humanities, the shutdown has destabilized an already precarious ecosystem. (A spokesperson for the California Arts Council said the shutdown has yet to impact its grant-making, noting that the agency plans to issue 2019 awards at the end of June.) Yet even if the government reboots tomorrow, arts figures tell KQED, the consequences will be felt for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown is also a reminder of Trump’s threats to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/12649417/report-trump-administration-plans-to-privatize-cpb-cut-nea\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cut the national endowments altogether\u003c/a>. Last year, the NEA issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13831888/nea-awards-1-7-million-in-grants-to-bay-area-organizations\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$1.7 million to Bay Area arts groups\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13848854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kronos Quartet.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13848854\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kronos Quartet. \u003ccite>(Wojciech Wandzel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For small to medium-size arts organizations such as the Kronos Quartet’s Kronos Performing Arts Association, the NEA shutdown is a major source of anxiety. Kronos development manager Mason Dille said he doesn’t know when to expect reimbursement for NEA-supported projects, and his agency contacts simply aren’t at work to field questions. “Any delay in the application process now might impact the work we are able to do far into the 2019-20 season,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NEA workers aren’t just funders—they’re researchers and advocates with a nationwide mandate, often providing resources to remote or disinvested areas. Dille pointed out that agency staff couldn’t participate in several major annual arts conferences this month, calling it a “missed opportunity that will resonate across the country for the entire year.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Leventhal, interim director and chief development officer at Smithsonian affiliate Museum of the African Diaspora, said he hasn’t heard from his furloughed national colleagues for the past three weeks. As a Smithsonian affiliate, MoAD is one of some 200 resource-sharing museums. So the lack of communication could jeopardize events such as a mid-February concert for local middle-school students featuring the Smithsonian Museum Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leventhal also stressed the geographic scope of the national endowments. “When you hear about the real work of the NEA, that real work is about making sure culture is reaching every single corner of this nation,” he said, likening the agencies’ shutdown to a “moratorium on culture.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The History Museum of the Museums of Sonoma County is among several Smithsonian affiliates in the Bay Area.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849287\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The History Museum of the Museums of Sonoma County is among several Smithsonian affiliates in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Museums of Sonoma County)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although the national endowments are still accepting grant applications, organization leaders can’t communicate with the agencies as deadlines near, and the ultimate effect on processing time is unclear. “I’m working on a NEA grant and we’re concerned that the Feb. 5 deadline for filing is quickly approaching,” said Jeff Nathanson, executive director of Museums of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Eric Stanley, Museums of Sonoma County’s associate director and curator of history, said preparation for an upcoming “Pacific World”-themed exhibition has nearly ground to a halt. “Two of the main archives I had been talking to about lending objects and collaborating on the exhibition were SF Maritime Museum and Point Reyes, both national parks,” he said. “Unfortunately it looks like the shutdown will completely prevent me from working with either.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the bottom line, the national endowment shutdown is interrupting cash flow, especially for nonprofits with little reserves. Roberto Bedoya, Oakland’s cultural affairs manager, said last year the NEA supported his department’s development of the city’s Cultural Plan, sending a check within a month of receiving his invoice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that’s not happening,” Bedoya said, adding that some nonprofits in the Bay Area, with its astronomical overhead, are a grant or two away from folding. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially for marginalized communities, rural communities—the shutdown is part of this administration’s larger disinvestment in the public good,” Bedoya said. “As we knew, arts and culture aren’t their priority.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""The shutdown is part of this administration’s larger disinvestment in the public good," says Roberto Bedoya, Oakland's cultural affairs manager.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849285\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The shutdown is part of this administration’s larger disinvestment in the public good,” says Roberto Bedoya, Oakland’s cultural affairs manager. \u003ccite>(Karen Boyd/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The national endowments, like the southern border wall, have themselves been points of federal budgeting contention for Trump. In both 2017 and 2018, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13824378/trump-again-seeks-to-eliminate-neh-and-nea-arts-funding\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposed eliminating the agencies entirely\u003c/a> before Congress intervened. The NEA and NEH are a minuscule fraction of the budget, and governments of most developed countries vastly outspend the United States on arts and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, Fry said, the subject of elimination feels unsurprising. “It comes up on a cyclical basis—cultural agencies are on the table,” she said. On the other hand, Congress recently proposed raising the allocation to the National Endowment for the Humanities, subject to Trump’s signature. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll have to wait for the president’s approval of that when the government reopens,” Fry said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Sarah Hotchkiss, Gabe Meline, Nastia Voynovskaya and Chloe Veltman contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Last year, California Humanities issued more than $1 million in grants to artists and cultural organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ state partner has suspended grant-making indefinitely as the historic federal government shutdown nears its sixth week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The independent nonprofit, which has offices in Oakland and Los Angeles, is operating on an “austerity basis,” CEO Julie Fry told KQED, unable to release even already awarded grants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final two months of 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://calhum.org/\">California Humanities\u003c/a> awarded more than 30 grants totaling approximately $350,000. But the release of the funds, in some cases expected to occur this month, is now delayed. Likewise, interim and final payments of earlier grants are on pause until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Claudio Roncoli a recipient of an award from the National Endowment for the Arts works in his studio space at the Bakehouse Art Complex on March 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13824382\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/NEA-Funding-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudio Roncoli a recipient of an award from the National Endowment for the Arts works in his studio space at the Bakehouse Art Complex on March 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. \u003ccite>(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We will resume payments as soon as the government reopens, the federal budget is approved, and the NEH recommences payments to the state humanities councils,” Fry told grant recipients and hopefuls in an email sent on Friday. “At this point, we are unsure how long this process will take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fry said the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) contributes a “significant portion” of California Humanities’ grant-making budget. Last year California Humanities awarded just over $1,030,000 to 98 projects statewide in categories such as documentary filmmaking and library innovation. Now, though, the organization is pausing even travel and office expenses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re making do with what paper towels we already have,” Fry said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-800x558.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of the African Diaspora\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-800x558.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-768x535.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-1020x711.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-1200x836.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28-1920x1338.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/MLK_2016_28.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Museum of the African Diaspora. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Museum of the African Diaspora)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the country, the National Gallery of Art as well as 19 Smithsonian museums are closed due to the shutdown. Their employees are among an estimated 800,000 federal workers furloughed or otherwise deprived of at least one paycheck during the holiday season. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government shutdown, now the longest in history as President Donald Trump demands billions for a southern border wall that he’d promised Mexico would pay for, has also shuttered both the national endowments for the arts and humanities, which together disburse nearly $300 million nationwide each year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bay Area artists and cultural nonprofits reliant on the national endowments, either directly or through state-level groups such as the California Arts Council and California Humanities, the shutdown has destabilized an already precarious ecosystem. (A spokesperson for the California Arts Council said the shutdown has yet to impact its grant-making, noting that the agency plans to issue 2019 awards at the end of June.) Yet even if the government reboots tomorrow, arts figures tell KQED, the consequences will be felt for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown is also a reminder of Trump’s threats to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/12649417/report-trump-administration-plans-to-privatize-cpb-cut-nea\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cut the national endowments altogether\u003c/a>. Last year, the NEA issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13831888/nea-awards-1-7-million-in-grants-to-bay-area-organizations\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$1.7 million to Bay Area arts groups\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13848854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kronos Quartet.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13848854\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kronos_2014_a_creditWojciechWandzel-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kronos Quartet. \u003ccite>(Wojciech Wandzel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For small to medium-size arts organizations such as the Kronos Quartet’s Kronos Performing Arts Association, the NEA shutdown is a major source of anxiety. Kronos development manager Mason Dille said he doesn’t know when to expect reimbursement for NEA-supported projects, and his agency contacts simply aren’t at work to field questions. “Any delay in the application process now might impact the work we are able to do far into the 2019-20 season,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NEA workers aren’t just funders—they’re researchers and advocates with a nationwide mandate, often providing resources to remote or disinvested areas. Dille pointed out that agency staff couldn’t participate in several major annual arts conferences this month, calling it a “missed opportunity that will resonate across the country for the entire year.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Leventhal, interim director and chief development officer at Smithsonian affiliate Museum of the African Diaspora, said he hasn’t heard from his furloughed national colleagues for the past three weeks. As a Smithsonian affiliate, MoAD is one of some 200 resource-sharing museums. So the lack of communication could jeopardize events such as a mid-February concert for local middle-school students featuring the Smithsonian Museum Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leventhal also stressed the geographic scope of the national endowments. “When you hear about the real work of the NEA, that real work is about making sure culture is reaching every single corner of this nation,” he said, likening the agencies’ shutdown to a “moratorium on culture.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The History Museum of the Museums of Sonoma County is among several Smithsonian affiliates in the Bay Area.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849287\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/History-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The History Museum of the Museums of Sonoma County is among several Smithsonian affiliates in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Museums of Sonoma County)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although the national endowments are still accepting grant applications, organization leaders can’t communicate with the agencies as deadlines near, and the ultimate effect on processing time is unclear. “I’m working on a NEA grant and we’re concerned that the Feb. 5 deadline for filing is quickly approaching,” said Jeff Nathanson, executive director of Museums of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Eric Stanley, Museums of Sonoma County’s associate director and curator of history, said preparation for an upcoming “Pacific World”-themed exhibition has nearly ground to a halt. “Two of the main archives I had been talking to about lending objects and collaborating on the exhibition were SF Maritime Museum and Point Reyes, both national parks,” he said. “Unfortunately it looks like the shutdown will completely prevent me from working with either.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the bottom line, the national endowment shutdown is interrupting cash flow, especially for nonprofits with little reserves. Roberto Bedoya, Oakland’s cultural affairs manager, said last year the NEA supported his department’s development of the city’s Cultural Plan, sending a check within a month of receiving his invoice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that’s not happening,” Bedoya said, adding that some nonprofits in the Bay Area, with its astronomical overhead, are a grant or two away from folding. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially for marginalized communities, rural communities—the shutdown is part of this administration’s larger disinvestment in the public good,” Bedoya said. “As we knew, arts and culture aren’t their priority.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""The shutdown is part of this administration’s larger disinvestment in the public good," says Roberto Bedoya, Oakland's cultural affairs manager.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849285\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bedoya.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The shutdown is part of this administration’s larger disinvestment in the public good,” says Roberto Bedoya, Oakland’s cultural affairs manager. \u003ccite>(Karen Boyd/City of Oakland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The national endowments, like the southern border wall, have themselves been points of federal budgeting contention for Trump. In both 2017 and 2018, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13824378/trump-again-seeks-to-eliminate-neh-and-nea-arts-funding\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposed eliminating the agencies entirely\u003c/a> before Congress intervened. The NEA and NEH are a minuscule fraction of the budget, and governments of most developed countries vastly outspend the United States on arts and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, Fry said, the subject of elimination feels unsurprising. “It comes up on a cyclical basis—cultural agencies are on the table,” she said. On the other hand, Congress recently proposed raising the allocation to the National Endowment for the Humanities, subject to Trump’s signature. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll have to wait for the president’s approval of that when the government reopens,” Fry said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong> This is a guest opinion column by Juanita MORE!, a drag performer, chef, writer, activist and a leading voice of the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ community for nearly 30 years. Learn about her work in KQED Arts’ ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13835007/juanita-more-beloved-drag-mother-is-queering-san-francisco-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changing Face of Drag\u003c/a>‘ series and on her \u003ca href=\"http://juanitamore.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website\u003c/a>. [contextly_sidebar id=”HM0qBamxJdAeOeYbtcE0lFZtXRbzP0Sc”]\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With this morning’s news that the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/22/687368145/supreme-court-revives-trumps-ban-on-transgender-military-personnel-for-now?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reinstated\u003c/a> President Trump’s ban on transgender service members in the military, one thing is clear: we are still under attack.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the trans community has always faced violence—for much longer than the current administration’s re-doubling of efforts to make that violence into law—the rate and magnitude of recent attacks on trans people’s civil rights are unprecedented. The Trump administration has taken quiet steps to dismantle LGBTQ health initiatives by defunding key fields of research, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?noredirect=on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">prohibiting the use of the word “transgender”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in formal studies and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/19/trump-lgbt-rights-discrimination-353774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">removing protections\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for LGBTQ workers and patients. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Trump administration moved to roll back other \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-man-behind-trumps-religious-freedom-agenda-for-health-care/528912/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">key Obama-era protections\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including the first ever trans-inclusive prohibition on gender discrimination in healthcare. As a result, transgender individuals in many states are now being denied access to transition-related healthcare, excluded from sex-specific programs and left vulnerable to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-administration-exacerbating-lgbtq-health-care-discrimination-report-says-n894151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">other forms of discrimination\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, such as being misgendered or harassed by healthcare providers. [contextly_sidebar id=”MYeg6RrsBZvUJyW7zTKUl5AYfZI3HjpJ”]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">More attacks on the trans community are underway in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.glaad.org/tap/roger-severino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noted anti-LGBTQ bigot\u003c/a> Roger Severino has taken steps to define trans people out of existence. Under Severino’s control, the Department of Health and Human Services circulated \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a memo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> seeking to narrow the definition of gender to explicitly exclude transgender individuals from civil rights protections. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It would be truly mind-blowing if these threats weren’t so startlingly methodical and real. But the “why” of it continues to elude. Why should someone’s gender identity disqualify them from basic, fundamental rights? Callous feels too light a label for this cruelty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment center as they show their anger at President Donald Trump's decision to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military on July 26, 2017 in New York City. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment center as they show their anger at President Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military on July 26, 2017 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During my 30 years as a drag performer in San Francisco, trans people have been an essential part of my community. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, I chose \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ourtranstruth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TRUTH\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (TRans yoUTH), a joint program from the Transgender Law Center and GSA Network, as the beneficiary of my annual Pride event. We raised $70,000 for a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">program that seeks to amplify the voices of trans and gender non-conforming young people by offering a safe place to share struggles, learn empathy and build public understanding.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trans youth have it hard enough, and the fact that they must confront a federal government actively seeking to erase them is devastating\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the devastation is documented and real. According to the 2015 \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Transgender Survey\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 40 percent of trans people have attempted suicide. Seventy-seven percent of trans youth have experienced some form of harassment or discrimination in school—and for 17 percent of those students, the harassment was so severe that they had to transfer or drop out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TRUTH is allowing trans youth to lead the way to end the isolation and stigma so that these data points can get to zero.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Most days, I take solace in their strength and in recognizing that they have the power to change both minds and policies by virtue of their mere existence. Their stories are human stories, and they will be my voice when I can no longer speak.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-800x533.jpg\" alt=\""Loads of Love" is Juanita MORE!'s motto. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Loads of Love” is Juanita MORE!’s motto. \u003ccite>(Christina Campbell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denouncing this latest attack on our community is imperative, but change won’t come easy, and solidarity is an act beyond using your voice on social media. We need to show up for each other right now, and where it counts: in person and at the ballot. We are being ruled by a system that placates the irrational fears of middle America and the Bible belt.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we don’t show up to protect each other, we will be silenced. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a self-conscious administration, and last I checked, our system still resembles a democracy. In less than two years’ time at the 2020 election, we can send a message that we are watching and listening and won’t stand for it. I am confident that message will be heard, but the statistics leave me with a sickening fear that change can’t come soon enough. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong> This is a guest opinion column by Juanita MORE!, a drag performer, chef, writer, activist and a leading voice of the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ community for nearly 30 years. Learn about her work in KQED Arts’ ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13835007/juanita-more-beloved-drag-mother-is-queering-san-francisco-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changing Face of Drag\u003c/a>‘ series and on her \u003ca href=\"http://juanitamore.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With this morning’s news that the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/22/687368145/supreme-court-revives-trumps-ban-on-transgender-military-personnel-for-now?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reinstated\u003c/a> President Trump’s ban on transgender service members in the military, one thing is clear: we are still under attack.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the trans community has always faced violence—for much longer than the current administration’s re-doubling of efforts to make that violence into law—the rate and magnitude of recent attacks on trans people’s civil rights are unprecedented. The Trump administration has taken quiet steps to dismantle LGBTQ health initiatives by defunding key fields of research, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?noredirect=on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">prohibiting the use of the word “transgender”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in formal studies and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/19/trump-lgbt-rights-discrimination-353774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">removing protections\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for LGBTQ workers and patients. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Trump administration moved to roll back other \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-man-behind-trumps-religious-freedom-agenda-for-health-care/528912/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">key Obama-era protections\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including the first ever trans-inclusive prohibition on gender discrimination in healthcare. As a result, transgender individuals in many states are now being denied access to transition-related healthcare, excluded from sex-specific programs and left vulnerable to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-administration-exacerbating-lgbtq-health-care-discrimination-report-says-n894151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">other forms of discrimination\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, such as being misgendered or harassed by healthcare providers. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">More attacks on the trans community are underway in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.glaad.org/tap/roger-severino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noted anti-LGBTQ bigot\u003c/a> Roger Severino has taken steps to define trans people out of existence. Under Severino’s control, the Department of Health and Human Services circulated \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a memo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> seeking to narrow the definition of gender to explicitly exclude transgender individuals from civil rights protections. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It would be truly mind-blowing if these threats weren’t so startlingly methodical and real. But the “why” of it continues to elude. Why should someone’s gender identity disqualify them from basic, fundamental rights? Callous feels too light a label for this cruelty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13849188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13849188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment center as they show their anger at President Donald Trump's decision to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military on July 26, 2017 in New York City. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/trans-military-ban-GettyImages-823241398.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment center as they show their anger at President Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military on July 26, 2017 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During my 30 years as a drag performer in San Francisco, trans people have been an essential part of my community. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, I chose \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ourtranstruth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TRUTH\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (TRans yoUTH), a joint program from the Transgender Law Center and GSA Network, as the beneficiary of my annual Pride event. We raised $70,000 for a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">program that seeks to amplify the voices of trans and gender non-conforming young people by offering a safe place to share struggles, learn empathy and build public understanding.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trans youth have it hard enough, and the fact that they must confront a federal government actively seeking to erase them is devastating\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the devastation is documented and real. According to the 2015 \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Transgender Survey\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 40 percent of trans people have attempted suicide. Seventy-seven percent of trans youth have experienced some form of harassment or discrimination in school—and for 17 percent of those students, the harassment was so severe that they had to transfer or drop out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TRUTH is allowing trans youth to lead the way to end the isolation and stigma so that these data points can get to zero.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Most days, I take solace in their strength and in recognizing that they have the power to change both minds and policies by virtue of their mere existence. Their stories are human stories, and they will be my voice when I can no longer speak.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-800x533.jpg\" alt=\""Loads of Love" is Juanita MORE!'s motto. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/303A8538.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Loads of Love” is Juanita MORE!’s motto. \u003ccite>(Christina Campbell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denouncing this latest attack on our community is imperative, but change won’t come easy, and solidarity is an act beyond using your voice on social media. We need to show up for each other right now, and where it counts: in person and at the ballot. We are being ruled by a system that placates the irrational fears of middle America and the Bible belt.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we don’t show up to protect each other, we will be silenced. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a self-conscious administration, and last I checked, our system still resembles a democracy. In less than two years’ time at the 2020 election, we can send a message that we are watching and listening and won’t stand for it. 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"headline": "London Mayor Says 'Trump Baby' Blimp Can Fly In Protest of President Trump's Visit",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The “Trump Baby” blimp is nearly 20 feet tall, wearing nothing but a diaper and a grimace. A tuft of yellow hair tops his orange head. He is armed with a cellphone, ready to tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now he is nearly ready to fly over Parliament in London.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Greater London Authority has given activists permission to launch the bouncing behemoth from Parliament Square Garden on July 13, when President Trump is set to arrive in London for a three-day visit to the U.K.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Mayor supports the right to peaceful protest and understands that this can take many different forms. … However the organisers will also need to receive the necessary approvals from the Metropolitan Police and national air traffic service in order for it to fly,” a spokesperson for Khan tells NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blimp, which will be tethered to the ground, will be allowed to fly for two hours at a maximum height of about 100 feet, says organizer Leo Murray, who conceived of the idea of a Trump Baby blimp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another protest organizer, Max Wakefield, says the London authority initially objected to the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just said, it’s not going to work, and that’s the end of it,” Wakefield says. But for the activists behind the blimp, that wasn’t the end of it at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They launched an online petition to “Let Trump Baby Fly,” garnering thousands of signatures and a fair amount of media attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wakefield says, “Quite quickly after we managed to get some media interest, it didn’t take very long for this to blow up — excuse the pun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers say they are still getting all the requisite approvals to fly the blimp. But in some ways, Wakefield says, they’ve already accomplished the goal of getting out their message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Behind all of the humor and the creativity is a really serious message for us,” Wakefield says. “This isn’t just about Trump, this is about the rise of far-right politics that dehumanizes people in order to get into power.” He mentioned the detention of immigrant children in the U.S. and Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement as among the reasons for the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the method, Wakefield says: “The only way that you can make any impact with Donald Trump is to mock him, because you can’t engage him in any kind of argument — it never gets anywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an attempt to introduce some good British humor into the political discourse surrounding Trump’s visit,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As NPR’s Laurel Wamsley \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/30/567541702/trumps-retweets-of-extremist-group-cause-firestorm-in-uk\">reported last year\u003c/a>, “In January, Prime Minister Theresa May invited Trump for a state visit — an invitation that drew \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/30/512440720/dont-invite-trump-for-state-visit-say-more-than-1-million-in-u-k\">immediate criticism\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/171928\">A petition\u003c/a> to prevent Trump from making an official state visit “because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen” drew nearly 2 million signatures and received parlimentary debate in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khan has also been critical of a Trump visit, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/936172776637026304\">tweeting\u003c/a> last fall that “it’s increasingly clear that any official visit from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The July 13 airborne protest will coincide with a more traditional one on the ground: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/144340712883728/\">a “Stop Trump” march\u003c/a> through central London.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=London+Mayor+Says+%27Trump+Baby%27+Blimp+Can+Fly+In+Protest+of+President+Trump%27s+Visit&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This week, we learned that the U.S. has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">separated over 2,300 children from their parents\u003c/a> at the U.S.-Mexico border and placed them in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1008704668816560128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chain-link cages\u003c/a>, tent camps and other detainment centers. Audio circulated of \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crying children begging for their moms and dads\u003c/a>, and allegations surfaced of border patrol agents \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613907893/aclu-report-detained-immigrant-children-subjected-to-widespread-abuse-by-officia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kicking migrant children and threatening them with sexual abuse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, President Trump reversed course and signed an executive order for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11675975/speaker-ryan-plans-immigration-votes-amid-doubts-that-bills-can-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detaining alien families together\u003c/a>,” stopping his policy of family separations while allowing for indefinite detainment and providing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11675975/speaker-ryan-plans-immigration-votes-amid-doubts-that-bills-can-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no plan for reuniting children\u003c/a> already separated from their parents. Those children include a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/international-outrage-grows-over-separating-migrant-children-from-parents/2018/06/19/13d0332e-73cb-11e8-bda1-18e53a448a14_story.html?utm_term=.e66e009751b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10-year-old girl with Down syndrome\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/tender-age-shelters-family-separation-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“tender age” detainees as young as 12 months old\u003c/a>. The Pentagon has been asked to prepare \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11676360/military-asked-to-provide-20000-beds-for-detained-immigrant-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">additional housing for up to 20,000 children\u003c/a>, while thus far, images of detainment camps show only boys. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No one knows where the girls are\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is to say: if you’re fatigued, you’re \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1009805404954615808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not alone\u003c/a>. To get some clarity, catharsis and—yes—comfort on the subject, KQED Arts checked in with 11 different Bay Area artists who work with themes of immigration and detainment. They spend hours pondering borders, laws, family aspirations, deportations, and human rights in their art, music and other creative endeavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We knew they’d have insight, and advice. We were not wrong. Read below for their input.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Guillermo Galindo, who makes instruments from objects found along the U.S.-Mexico border.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-1200x750.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-1180x738.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-960x600.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-240x150.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-375x234.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-520x325.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guillermo Galindo, who makes instruments from objects found along the U.S.-Mexico border. \u003ccite>(Michelle Wetzler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Guillermo Galindo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Musician and composer who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11301274/guillermo-galindo-border-cantos-instruments-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">builds instruments from objects left behind by migrants along the border\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been heartbreaking. Especially hearing the children crying in \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the recording\u003c/a>, it’s unbearable. It’s something that’s impossible to describe, the feeling it gave me. It brings so many images of suffering, and of the past, of history. I’m afraid that history could be repeating itself: we have the memories of the Jewish holocaust, and the indigenous holocaust, things that have happened to immigrants, black people, Japanese people in concentration camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is maybe one of the few times where it’s out in the open, where it’s visible what is happening. In general, as a society, we have become less sensitive to our intuition, and to our spirituality, and to our feelings of human beings. And I don’t know why that’s been happening. Seeing this so much in the open should bother anybody who’s a human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing now is talk to representatives in your government, taking into account that this is an emergency. This is not a joke. Worse and worse things will happen if you don’t talk to your government. Help \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621890664/facebook-fundraiser-for-separated-immigrant-families-raises-12-million-in-5-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humanitarian organizations\u003c/a> that are supporting the children and the families. And to the artists: it’s about this, it’s about something that has a meaning. We’re not in a time when we’re supposed to do art about ourselves and nobody else. This is a time when art is supposed to speak the words that politics and religion are not speaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Flora Ninomiya was taken to a Japanese-American internment camp at age 7.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flora Ninomiya was taken to a Japanese-American internment camp at age 7. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Flora Ninomiya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Flora Ninomiya\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Survivor of the Granada Relocation Center, a Japanese-American internment camp, knitter, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/02/10/richmond-japanese-american-incarceration-to-be-focus-of-special-presentation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">docent at the Rosie the Riveter Museum\u003c/a> in Richmond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m appalled that this is happening—that the president is so callous in how he is carrying out his programs. As a Japanese-American whose family was interned, we were powerless too, like those young children. I was 7 years old and I can still remember that long train trip going to this very isolated desert area and living in the barracks that were built by the United States Army. My father was sent to a separate prison camp from my mother and my siblings and I, and my mother was always sending letters to the government asking to release him. My father, it was really painful for him—he felt betrayed and ashamed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, there were people who helped us, the Quakers, our neighbors, but they had to do so quietly, or they would be marginalized. Today, it’s hopeful that we do see so many Americans speaking out against separating families. It took the American public’s pressure to get the president to issue an executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m going to keep talking about my family’s experience, and to me it’s very important to support other groups that are being targeted by the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Gameros' songs tell of her experience living in the U.S. as an immigrant from Juarez, Mexico.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Gameros’ songs tell of her experience living in the U.S. as an immigrant from Juarez, Mexico. \u003ccite>(Claudia Escobar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Diana Gameros\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Musician and songwriter from Juarez, Mexico, whose recent album, ‘Arrullo,’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11514186/women-to-watch-diana-gameros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expresses the immigrant experience\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My first reaction is to think that it is not possible that this is happening, but it is… it’s horrifying. I feel like in the past two years we get less surprised at what happens, and it’s sad that we are not getting surprised. It is alarming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My advice for other artists is first to be informed, to really know what is happening, and reach out to organizations, and let them know that you are available, that you are willing to help. As artists we have such a visible platform that we can reach many people, and we should use those platforms, especially if you are a well known artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can’t stop thinking about the children, and how every minute that goes by, they are in pain. I ask myself: what if that would have happened to me? I know the feeling of what it is to leave your homeland behind. I really hope that people know how much bravery is involved in this process, of leaving your home. I have so much admiration for the people who have this courage to leave their homeland, and carry all that sadness, and all that hope. They have so much love, and want the best for their kids, they are being good parents. It is disgusting that we are separating them, when we should be welcoming them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835750\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-800x540.jpg\" alt=\"Caleb Duarte at San Antonio Park in Oakland, leading a performance with youth who came to the U.S. without parents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-768x518.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-960x648.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-520x351.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caleb Duarte at San Antonio Park in Oakland, leading a performance with youth who came to the U.S. without parents. \u003ccite>(Farrin Abbott)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Caleb Duarte\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.calebduarte.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artist and educator\u003c/a> who leads \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13375958/on-being-young-alone-and-crossing-into-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art workshops with undocumented Central American minors\u003c/a> at Fremont High School\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the worst kind of nightmare for a parent. That journey is 3,000 miles of hardship. Knowing the back history and the violence these people face, only to reach the United States and have your children taken away by authorities—that is really hard to take in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And social media is unleashing a lot of support for this kind of act. It leads me to reflect on how any country can support these kinds of actions. We need to step back and understand the suffering and fear of those who support these actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Art in different times has different purposes. At certain moments art is there to shake us up, and sometimes it’s there to gather us back. Right now I think art is there to create logic and reason rather than challenge it. More than anything, it’s important to speak out. We’d be surprised by who, in our immediate circles, our colleagues and family, think differently than us. I’m trying to find ways to have conversations with people who think otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835778\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-800x516.jpg\" alt=\"A detail from the Oakland Museum of California's 'Sent Away' exhibition, showing tools left behind by a man affected by Mexican repatriations in the 1930s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-768x495.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A detail from the Oakland Museum of California’s ‘Sent Away’ exhibition, showing tools left behind in the Mexican repatriations in the 1930s. \u003ccite>(Erendina Delgadillo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Erendina Delgadillo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associate Curator of History at the Oakland Museum of California, host of recent exhibitions on internment, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13156032/once-suppressed-dorothea-lange-photographs-capture-wartime-paranoia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing\u003c/a>‘ and ‘\u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/blog/sent-away-not-forgotten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sent Away\u003c/a>‘\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been pretty horrifying. But one thing we know is family separations have happened before—with Native Americans, with Japanese families, or with Mexican repatriation in the 1930s. With the recent ‘Sent Away’ installation in our permanent history gallery, we’ve been paying attention to whether the visitors really understand, and if it’s properly conveying the trajectory of racialized communities in moments of political and social stress. In my social media circles, I see people saying, “This is insane! This is not America! This is not who we are!” And I wrestle with it, because the fact is that this has happened before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the deportations in the ’30s, people were responding to the depression. But the Mexican people deported were not relying on welfare as much as others thought they were. And today, when you hear that they’re causing unprecedented crime, or taking away jobs from “real” Americans, being a drain on the system—that’s not true, but turning them into a specter of those problems is easier than fixing the problem. It’s been very disheartening looking at the pattern of how easily people can be manipulated in very simple ways. You take a feeling, you blow it up, and it obscures the need to delve into really complex issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a terrible moment. It’s too easy to despair. You’re only shooting yourself by despairing before the fight starts, so donate to organizations, and find those small moments to realize why humanity is valuable, and why we fight for humanity. Remind yourself why life is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 758px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13835737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_.jpg\" alt=\"Ani Rivera, bottom right, with Galería de la Raza'a curatorial staff in 2016.\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_.jpg 758w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ani Rivera, bottom right, with Galería de la Raza’a curatorial staff in 2016. \u003ccite>(Creo Noveno)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Ani Rivera\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Executive Director for \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/arts/tag/galeria-de-la-raza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galería de La Raza\u003c/a> in the Mission District, hub for San Francisco’s Latino artist community\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s just appalling to see how the administration doesn’t value humanity, nor the families that are coming here searching for a better life. They’re being used as pawns to push an agenda. I think our work is not done yet. We need to keep demanding that they close the detention centers. I think that’s where we want to focus: ending the criminalization. We need to stop all profits made from keeping people in cages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re definitely contributing to the organized marches and protests being planned for June 30. We will also be at this Friday’s rally in Embarcadero Plaza. We know that art plays a role in creating dialogue and engaging hearts, and we’ll be holding a series of screen-printing demonstrations at these events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legacy of Galería and René (Yañez, the gallery’s co-founder) and all of the individuals that have contributed and created this space was to address these issues. This is history repeating itself. We’ve been dealing with the criminalization of immigrants for decades. The goal of Galería as an institution is to be a platform for artists to organize. The founders needed to create a community that allowed and provided a path for self-determination. They expect us to be out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-800x457.jpg\" alt=\"A still from 'Rabbit in the Moon' showing Emiko Omori and her mother in the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona.\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-800x457.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-768x439.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-960x549.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-240x137.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-375x214.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-520x297.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from ‘Rabbit in the Moon’ showing Emiko Omori and her mother in the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chizu Omori)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chizu Omori\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Area journalist and co-producer of the documentary ‘Rabbit in the Moon’ who, in 1942 at the age of 12, \u003ca href=\"https://caamedia.org/blog/2017/02/16/emiko-and-chizu-omori-on-lessons-from-wwii-incarceration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was sent with her sister Emiko Omori and their family to the Poston War Relocation Center\u003c/a> in Arizona \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that they would implement this policy is so inhumane. There’s a great deal of interest now in what happened to us during WWII to us Japanese Americans. A precedent was set when Roosevelt issued EO 9066, and even though it’s been condemned as a big mistake, that precedent has been used by the Trump administration to justify some of the things they’ve been doing. So of course, I feel an obligation to speak out against what’s happening as something very reminiscent of what happened to us 75 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s happened with the travel ban against Muslims, and this general discrimination against people of Muslim faith or people from the Middle East in general. It’s part of the current of racism that’s been part of our history from the very beginning, directed towards people of color. Now it’s against people from Central and South America who are not white people. It’s a language that our president uses to reemphasize this bias against people of color. He refers to us as infestations, or awful characterizations like rapists and murderers. It’s dehumanizing for him to be using this language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children being separated from their parents at the border is something that I don’t think any of us had contemplated. To take infants… what’s the purpose in doing this? There’s no rationale for it. If you’re going to ask people to stand up and be counted, how many people are for this? Why do they justify doing this thing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I belong to a group called Nikkei Resisters. Our slogan is “Never Again.” Detention and internment are really un-American and we need to speak out and say “It happened to us. And we don’t want to see it happening again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Moss teaches a student population that's 85-percent Latino; 'their fear has been validated,' he says.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Moss teaches a student population that’s 85-percent Latino; ‘their fear has been validated,’ he says. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Brian Moss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco songwriter (Hanalei, Great Apes) and schoolteacher who \u003ca href=\"https://hanalei.bandcamp.com/track/cross-crossing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released the song “Cross Crossing”\u003c/a> this week in reaction to abuses at the border\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separating families and children seems so immoral and deplorable, it’s shocking, but with this presidency and this administration the bar has been so low it didn’t completely catch me off-guard. And being a teacher, and given the population of my school, which is 85-percent Latino, it’s something I’ve seen the effects of the whole time. For many of my students, the fear they were already facing rose drastically when he was elected, and now that fear has been validated. It’s happening to them. It’s disturbing and hard to witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue of separating families is so immoral to me that some sort of response, either though song, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621890664/facebook-fundraiser-for-separated-immigrant-families-raises-12-million-in-5-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donating\u003c/a>, or protesting, or going down there volunteering with an organization that’s trying to provide legal aid—anything you can do is a start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835800\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-800x527.jpg\" alt=\"Naima Shalhoub: 'we must cry out with each other through our art, together, to respond to this madness.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-768x505.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-960x632.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-520x342.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naima Shalhoub: ‘we must cry out with each other through our art, together, to respond to this madness.’ \u003ccite>(Sarah Deragon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Naima Shalhoub\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Oakland songwriter whose song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9TqmZPXJX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borderlands\u003c/a>” tells of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9TqmZPXJX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a constructed order of things that decides what and who is more valuable\u003c/a>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What strikes me the most is how conditioned we are becoming to see people through the lenses of our fear, our politics, our scarcity mindsets rather than insisting that all people under the sun are treated with dignity and love. We are forgetting that we have the power to create systems that reflect justice and love, not fear and confinement. We are becoming dismembered from any semblance of connection to land, to spirit, to honor, to respect and instead bowing down to new gods of greed, patriarchy, racism—so much so that a child’s cry does not waken the heart to compassion. Or at least, this is my worry. For our souls, collectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is happening is a reflection of what has been buried under the soil of what is now called the United States. The sorrow, the unheard cries, and histories ghosts are truly rising until we all wake to its truth. We must do better by committing to our collective memory—all of it—and holding accountable the leaders who do not. The privilege of forgetting becomes manifest in institutions that create walls separating families, unable to share with the public where our girls and babies are. This is about our responsibility to our children’s future and their safety and dignity by allowing the past to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Nina Simone’s call to action was “it is an artist’s duty to reflect the times,” then we must cry out with each other through our art, together, to respond to this madness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-800x179.jpg\" alt=\"'Horizons,' by Najib Joe Hakim.\" width=\"800\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-800x179.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-160x36.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-768x172.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-1020x228.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-960x215.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-240x54.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-375x84.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-520x116.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Horizons,’ by Najib Joe Hakim. \u003ccite>(Najib Joe Hakim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Najib Joe Hakim\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco photographer and YBCA fellow whose current project, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://electronicintifada.net/content/palestinian-america-najib-joe-hakims-home-away-home/14073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Away From Home\u003c/a>,’ pairs oral histories of 26 Bay Area Palestinian Americans with their portraits\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My own family immigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s from Lebanon. Except for the details, ours is a very common story, which most Americans share. Refugees out of Palestine, my parents then left Beirut on a ship with two very young kids and $5 in their pocket. In the coming years, through hard work, education and uncountable sacrifices, we became thriving American citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hate to think what might have become of us had we not snared four of only 100 immigration visas. Would I be staring down a machine gun barrel held by a 20-year-old Israeli soldier? Would we have been caught up in one of the many massacres of the 20-year Lebanese Civil War? Would my kids now be desperately trying to leave Syria on a dinghy with their own children?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I see happening today to immigrant families is the writing of yet another chapter of American history in which the country’s values do not line up with its reality. When people say “I don’t recognize this country anymore,” they are expressing the profound contradictions between what we’ve all been taught about this country and what we see being done in our name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We live in a new dark age in which civilian lives are dehumanized; science and nature are scoffed at; and atavistic fears send us scurrying toward our basest natures. In such times, we artists are challenged to help remind us of our loftier, sacred and shared aspirations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Yosimar Reyes: 'If you’re standing in sidelines, you’re part of the problem.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/YosimarReyes.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yosimar Reyes: ‘If you’re standing in sidelines, you’re part of the problem.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Yosimar Reyes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Yosimar Reyes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://yosimarreyes.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poet, educator, and founder of La Maricolectiva\u003c/a>, a community based performance group of queer undocumented poets\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week has been a lot. I think it’s great that it’s getting national visibility and a lot of people are learning about these atrocities—I think it’s a really positive thing. People are blatantly stating that we need to abolish immigrant prisons. But for me, it’s more like, it’s always been like this so I’m not surprised. I’m just glad people are realizing the reality of how it is and people are mobilizing and opening their eyes to the fact that this is how it’s been for a lot of folks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With immigration, everything moves so fast and it escalates after a short amount of time. I’m curious to see how it’s going to influence a lot of the writing that I’m doing, but I’m still processing. Organizations on the ground in Texas are doing really good work, they’re giving people legal aid, and I think people should support them. This is happening because we put this person in office and we’re accountable for these actions. If you’re standing in sidelines, you’re part of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Lina Blanco, Claudia Escobar, Sarah Hotchkiss, Kevin L. Jones, Gabe Meline, Nastia Voynovskaya and Kelly Whalen contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This week, we learned that the U.S. has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">separated over 2,300 children from their parents\u003c/a> at the U.S.-Mexico border and placed them in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1008704668816560128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chain-link cages\u003c/a>, tent camps and other detainment centers. Audio circulated of \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crying children begging for their moms and dads\u003c/a>, and allegations surfaced of border patrol agents \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613907893/aclu-report-detained-immigrant-children-subjected-to-widespread-abuse-by-officia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kicking migrant children and threatening them with sexual abuse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, President Trump reversed course and signed an executive order for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11675975/speaker-ryan-plans-immigration-votes-amid-doubts-that-bills-can-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detaining alien families together\u003c/a>,” stopping his policy of family separations while allowing for indefinite detainment and providing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11675975/speaker-ryan-plans-immigration-votes-amid-doubts-that-bills-can-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no plan for reuniting children\u003c/a> already separated from their parents. Those children include a \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/international-outrage-grows-over-separating-migrant-children-from-parents/2018/06/19/13d0332e-73cb-11e8-bda1-18e53a448a14_story.html?utm_term=.e66e009751b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10-year-old girl with Down syndrome\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/tender-age-shelters-family-separation-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“tender age” detainees as young as 12 months old\u003c/a>. The Pentagon has been asked to prepare \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11676360/military-asked-to-provide-20000-beds-for-detained-immigrant-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">additional housing for up to 20,000 children\u003c/a>, while thus far, images of detainment camps show only boys. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No one knows where the girls are\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is to say: if you’re fatigued, you’re \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1009805404954615808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not alone\u003c/a>. To get some clarity, catharsis and—yes—comfort on the subject, KQED Arts checked in with 11 different Bay Area artists who work with themes of immigration and detainment. They spend hours pondering borders, laws, family aspirations, deportations, and human rights in their art, music and other creative endeavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We knew they’d have insight, and advice. We were not wrong. Read below for their input.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Guillermo Galindo, who makes instruments from objects found along the U.S.-Mexico border.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-1200x750.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-1180x738.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-960x600.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-240x150.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-375x234.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/GuillermoGalindo.CRED_.Miche_-520x325.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guillermo Galindo, who makes instruments from objects found along the U.S.-Mexico border. \u003ccite>(Michelle Wetzler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Guillermo Galindo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Musician and composer who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11301274/guillermo-galindo-border-cantos-instruments-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">builds instruments from objects left behind by migrants along the border\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been heartbreaking. Especially hearing the children crying in \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the recording\u003c/a>, it’s unbearable. It’s something that’s impossible to describe, the feeling it gave me. It brings so many images of suffering, and of the past, of history. I’m afraid that history could be repeating itself: we have the memories of the Jewish holocaust, and the indigenous holocaust, things that have happened to immigrants, black people, Japanese people in concentration camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is maybe one of the few times where it’s out in the open, where it’s visible what is happening. In general, as a society, we have become less sensitive to our intuition, and to our spirituality, and to our feelings of human beings. And I don’t know why that’s been happening. Seeing this so much in the open should bother anybody who’s a human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing now is talk to representatives in your government, taking into account that this is an emergency. This is not a joke. Worse and worse things will happen if you don’t talk to your government. Help \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621890664/facebook-fundraiser-for-separated-immigrant-families-raises-12-million-in-5-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humanitarian organizations\u003c/a> that are supporting the children and the families. And to the artists: it’s about this, it’s about something that has a meaning. We’re not in a time when we’re supposed to do art about ourselves and nobody else. This is a time when art is supposed to speak the words that politics and religion are not speaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Flora Ninomiya was taken to a Japanese-American internment camp at age 7.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/FloraNinomiya.WEB_-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flora Ninomiya was taken to a Japanese-American internment camp at age 7. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Flora Ninomiya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Flora Ninomiya\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Survivor of the Granada Relocation Center, a Japanese-American internment camp, knitter, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/02/10/richmond-japanese-american-incarceration-to-be-focus-of-special-presentation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">docent at the Rosie the Riveter Museum\u003c/a> in Richmond\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m appalled that this is happening—that the president is so callous in how he is carrying out his programs. As a Japanese-American whose family was interned, we were powerless too, like those young children. I was 7 years old and I can still remember that long train trip going to this very isolated desert area and living in the barracks that were built by the United States Army. My father was sent to a separate prison camp from my mother and my siblings and I, and my mother was always sending letters to the government asking to release him. My father, it was really painful for him—he felt betrayed and ashamed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, there were people who helped us, the Quakers, our neighbors, but they had to do so quietly, or they would be marginalized. Today, it’s hopeful that we do see so many Americans speaking out against separating families. It took the American public’s pressure to get the president to issue an executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m going to keep talking about my family’s experience, and to me it’s very important to support other groups that are being targeted by the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Gameros' songs tell of her experience living in the U.S. as an immigrant from Juarez, Mexico.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/DianaGameros.computer.CRED_.Clau_.WEB_-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Gameros’ songs tell of her experience living in the U.S. as an immigrant from Juarez, Mexico. \u003ccite>(Claudia Escobar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Diana Gameros\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Musician and songwriter from Juarez, Mexico, whose recent album, ‘Arrullo,’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11514186/women-to-watch-diana-gameros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expresses the immigrant experience\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My first reaction is to think that it is not possible that this is happening, but it is… it’s horrifying. I feel like in the past two years we get less surprised at what happens, and it’s sad that we are not getting surprised. It is alarming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My advice for other artists is first to be informed, to really know what is happening, and reach out to organizations, and let them know that you are available, that you are willing to help. As artists we have such a visible platform that we can reach many people, and we should use those platforms, especially if you are a well known artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can’t stop thinking about the children, and how every minute that goes by, they are in pain. I ask myself: what if that would have happened to me? I know the feeling of what it is to leave your homeland behind. I really hope that people know how much bravery is involved in this process, of leaving your home. I have so much admiration for the people who have this courage to leave their homeland, and carry all that sadness, and all that hope. They have so much love, and want the best for their kids, they are being good parents. It is disgusting that we are separating them, when we should be welcoming them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835750\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-800x540.jpg\" alt=\"Caleb Duarte at San Antonio Park in Oakland, leading a performance with youth who came to the U.S. without parents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-768x518.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-960x648.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/CalebDuarte.CRED_.Farrin.WEB_-520x351.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caleb Duarte at San Antonio Park in Oakland, leading a performance with youth who came to the U.S. without parents. \u003ccite>(Farrin Abbott)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Caleb Duarte\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.calebduarte.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artist and educator\u003c/a> who leads \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13375958/on-being-young-alone-and-crossing-into-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art workshops with undocumented Central American minors\u003c/a> at Fremont High School\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the worst kind of nightmare for a parent. That journey is 3,000 miles of hardship. Knowing the back history and the violence these people face, only to reach the United States and have your children taken away by authorities—that is really hard to take in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And social media is unleashing a lot of support for this kind of act. It leads me to reflect on how any country can support these kinds of actions. We need to step back and understand the suffering and fear of those who support these actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Art in different times has different purposes. At certain moments art is there to shake us up, and sometimes it’s there to gather us back. Right now I think art is there to create logic and reason rather than challenge it. More than anything, it’s important to speak out. We’d be surprised by who, in our immediate circles, our colleagues and family, think differently than us. I’m trying to find ways to have conversations with people who think otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835778\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-800x516.jpg\" alt=\"A detail from the Oakland Museum of California's 'Sent Away' exhibition, showing tools left behind by a man affected by Mexican repatriations in the 1930s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-768x495.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/Erendina.OMCA_.CRED_800-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A detail from the Oakland Museum of California’s ‘Sent Away’ exhibition, showing tools left behind in the Mexican repatriations in the 1930s. \u003ccite>(Erendina Delgadillo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Erendina Delgadillo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associate Curator of History at the Oakland Museum of California, host of recent exhibitions on internment, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13156032/once-suppressed-dorothea-lange-photographs-capture-wartime-paranoia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing\u003c/a>‘ and ‘\u003ca href=\"http://museumca.org/blog/sent-away-not-forgotten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sent Away\u003c/a>‘\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been pretty horrifying. But one thing we know is family separations have happened before—with Native Americans, with Japanese families, or with Mexican repatriation in the 1930s. With the recent ‘Sent Away’ installation in our permanent history gallery, we’ve been paying attention to whether the visitors really understand, and if it’s properly conveying the trajectory of racialized communities in moments of political and social stress. In my social media circles, I see people saying, “This is insane! This is not America! This is not who we are!” And I wrestle with it, because the fact is that this has happened before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the deportations in the ’30s, people were responding to the depression. But the Mexican people deported were not relying on welfare as much as others thought they were. And today, when you hear that they’re causing unprecedented crime, or taking away jobs from “real” Americans, being a drain on the system—that’s not true, but turning them into a specter of those problems is easier than fixing the problem. It’s been very disheartening looking at the pattern of how easily people can be manipulated in very simple ways. You take a feeling, you blow it up, and it obscures the need to delve into really complex issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a terrible moment. It’s too easy to despair. You’re only shooting yourself by despairing before the fight starts, so donate to organizations, and find those small moments to realize why humanity is valuable, and why we fight for humanity. Remind yourself why life is good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 758px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13835737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_.jpg\" alt=\"Ani Rivera, bottom right, with Galería de la Raza'a curatorial staff in 2016.\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_.jpg 758w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/AniRivera.withCuratorialStaff2016.CREO_-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ani Rivera, bottom right, with Galería de la Raza’a curatorial staff in 2016. \u003ccite>(Creo Noveno)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Ani Rivera\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Executive Director for \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/arts/tag/galeria-de-la-raza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galería de La Raza\u003c/a> in the Mission District, hub for San Francisco’s Latino artist community\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s just appalling to see how the administration doesn’t value humanity, nor the families that are coming here searching for a better life. They’re being used as pawns to push an agenda. I think our work is not done yet. We need to keep demanding that they close the detention centers. I think that’s where we want to focus: ending the criminalization. We need to stop all profits made from keeping people in cages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re definitely contributing to the organized marches and protests being planned for June 30. We will also be at this Friday’s rally in Embarcadero Plaza. We know that art plays a role in creating dialogue and engaging hearts, and we’ll be holding a series of screen-printing demonstrations at these events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legacy of Galería and René (Yañez, the gallery’s co-founder) and all of the individuals that have contributed and created this space was to address these issues. This is history repeating itself. We’ve been dealing with the criminalization of immigrants for decades. The goal of Galería as an institution is to be a platform for artists to organize. The founders needed to create a community that allowed and provided a path for self-determination. They expect us to be out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-800x457.jpg\" alt=\"A still from 'Rabbit in the Moon' showing Emiko Omori and her mother in the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona.\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-800x457.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-768x439.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-960x549.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-240x137.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-375x214.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom-520x297.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/RabbitInThemoon.EmikoinPostonwMom.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from ‘Rabbit in the Moon’ showing Emiko Omori and her mother in the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chizu Omori)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chizu Omori\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Area journalist and co-producer of the documentary ‘Rabbit in the Moon’ who, in 1942 at the age of 12, \u003ca href=\"https://caamedia.org/blog/2017/02/16/emiko-and-chizu-omori-on-lessons-from-wwii-incarceration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was sent with her sister Emiko Omori and their family to the Poston War Relocation Center\u003c/a> in Arizona \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that they would implement this policy is so inhumane. There’s a great deal of interest now in what happened to us during WWII to us Japanese Americans. A precedent was set when Roosevelt issued EO 9066, and even though it’s been condemned as a big mistake, that precedent has been used by the Trump administration to justify some of the things they’ve been doing. So of course, I feel an obligation to speak out against what’s happening as something very reminiscent of what happened to us 75 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s happened with the travel ban against Muslims, and this general discrimination against people of Muslim faith or people from the Middle East in general. It’s part of the current of racism that’s been part of our history from the very beginning, directed towards people of color. Now it’s against people from Central and South America who are not white people. It’s a language that our president uses to reemphasize this bias against people of color. He refers to us as infestations, or awful characterizations like rapists and murderers. It’s dehumanizing for him to be using this language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children being separated from their parents at the border is something that I don’t think any of us had contemplated. To take infants… what’s the purpose in doing this? There’s no rationale for it. If you’re going to ask people to stand up and be counted, how many people are for this? Why do they justify doing this thing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I belong to a group called Nikkei Resisters. Our slogan is “Never Again.” Detention and internment are really un-American and we need to speak out and say “It happened to us. And we don’t want to see it happening again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Moss teaches a student population that's 85-percent Latino; 'their fear has been validated,' he says.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/BrianMoss.CRED_.GM_.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Moss teaches a student population that’s 85-percent Latino; ‘their fear has been validated,’ he says. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Brian Moss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco songwriter (Hanalei, Great Apes) and schoolteacher who \u003ca href=\"https://hanalei.bandcamp.com/track/cross-crossing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released the song “Cross Crossing”\u003c/a> this week in reaction to abuses at the border\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separating families and children seems so immoral and deplorable, it’s shocking, but with this presidency and this administration the bar has been so low it didn’t completely catch me off-guard. And being a teacher, and given the population of my school, which is 85-percent Latino, it’s something I’ve seen the effects of the whole time. For many of my students, the fear they were already facing rose drastically when he was elected, and now that fear has been validated. It’s happening to them. It’s disturbing and hard to witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue of separating families is so immoral to me that some sort of response, either though song, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621890664/facebook-fundraiser-for-separated-immigrant-families-raises-12-million-in-5-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donating\u003c/a>, or protesting, or going down there volunteering with an organization that’s trying to provide legal aid—anything you can do is a start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835800\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-800x527.jpg\" alt=\"Naima Shalhoub: 'we must cry out with each other through our art, together, to respond to this madness.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-768x505.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-960x632.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline-520x342.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/NaimaShalhoub.Inline.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naima Shalhoub: ‘we must cry out with each other through our art, together, to respond to this madness.’ \u003ccite>(Sarah Deragon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Naima Shalhoub\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Oakland songwriter whose song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9TqmZPXJX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borderlands\u003c/a>” tells of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9TqmZPXJX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a constructed order of things that decides what and who is more valuable\u003c/a>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What strikes me the most is how conditioned we are becoming to see people through the lenses of our fear, our politics, our scarcity mindsets rather than insisting that all people under the sun are treated with dignity and love. We are forgetting that we have the power to create systems that reflect justice and love, not fear and confinement. We are becoming dismembered from any semblance of connection to land, to spirit, to honor, to respect and instead bowing down to new gods of greed, patriarchy, racism—so much so that a child’s cry does not waken the heart to compassion. Or at least, this is my worry. For our souls, collectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is happening is a reflection of what has been buried under the soil of what is now called the United States. The sorrow, the unheard cries, and histories ghosts are truly rising until we all wake to its truth. We must do better by committing to our collective memory—all of it—and holding accountable the leaders who do not. The privilege of forgetting becomes manifest in institutions that create walls separating families, unable to share with the public where our girls and babies are. This is about our responsibility to our children’s future and their safety and dignity by allowing the past to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Nina Simone’s call to action was “it is an artist’s duty to reflect the times,” then we must cry out with each other through our art, together, to respond to this madness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13835934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13835934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-800x179.jpg\" alt=\"'Horizons,' by Najib Joe Hakim.\" width=\"800\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-800x179.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-160x36.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-768x172.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-1020x228.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-960x215.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-240x54.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-375x84.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons-520x116.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/HAKIM-Horizons.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Horizons,’ by Najib Joe Hakim. \u003ccite>(Najib Joe Hakim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Najib Joe Hakim\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco photographer and YBCA fellow whose current project, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://electronicintifada.net/content/palestinian-america-najib-joe-hakims-home-away-home/14073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Away From Home\u003c/a>,’ pairs oral histories of 26 Bay Area Palestinian Americans with their portraits\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My own family immigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s from Lebanon. Except for the details, ours is a very common story, which most Americans share. Refugees out of Palestine, my parents then left Beirut on a ship with two very young kids and $5 in their pocket. In the coming years, through hard work, education and uncountable sacrifices, we became thriving American citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hate to think what might have become of us had we not snared four of only 100 immigration visas. Would I be staring down a machine gun barrel held by a 20-year-old Israeli soldier? Would we have been caught up in one of the many massacres of the 20-year Lebanese Civil War? Would my kids now be desperately trying to leave Syria on a dinghy with their own children?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I see happening today to immigrant families is the writing of yet another chapter of American history in which the country’s values do not line up with its reality. When people say “I don’t recognize this country anymore,” they are expressing the profound contradictions between what we’ve all been taught about this country and what we see being done in our name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We live in a new dark age in which civilian lives are dehumanized; science and nature are scoffed at; and atavistic fears send us scurrying toward our basest natures. 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