![]() ![]() ![]() It's a call to action to people who have feigned ignorance to our centuries of brutality in this country. “It's a call to action to gatekeepers in the political landscape. “It's a call to action, not just for Black people, but to white power brokers and the media landscape,” she says. ![]() Her debut book has been described by journalist and MSNBC anchor Joy-Ann Reid as a call to action, and Cross agrees. And it's okay, right now in this moment, for us to bypass the desire to be thanked, and grab the power that we are owed and that we have earned.” As a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, an on-air political analyst, and now author, Cross is also beloved by many viewers of MSNBC's AM Joy (where she frequently appears) who are passionately rooting for her to assume the role as host. “We have shaped and swayed this democracy, and have never been thanked, properly. “Black people have a unique patriotism and role in the American body politics that is unlike no other community in this country,” Cross says. Cross says she hopes Black people take their power back. When asked what she wants readers to take away from her new book, Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy, Tiffany D. ![]()
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