Jose Antonio Vargas
@joseiswriting
Creatively Borderless. Founder, @DefineAmerican; producer of @herelieslovebwy; author of of DEAR AMERICA and WHITE IS NOT A COUNTRY; a @calstate Trustee.
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https://joseantoniovargas.com/ 23-08-2008 11:18:35
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I cherish every act of courtesy and civility in such in a chaotic, incoherent time.
Thank you, Hakeem Jefferson and Theo Baker, for modeling grace. ⤵️
Dear Pulitzer Prize Committee:
Another one, please, for the inimitable Kendrick Lamar for pushing the musical form, and in the process transcending musical genres.
Thanks, salamat. ⤵️
FINALLY someone wrote a piece about the infamous DC Stare––when the DC's set of politicos stare you up and down trying to decipher if you're worth their time for this-and-that connection:
washingtonpost.com/style/2024/04/…
via Jesús Rodríguez The Washington Post #nerdprom #whcd
One of my mentors, Teresa Moore—a journalist who worked at San Francisco Chronicle and teaches media studies at University of San Francisco—once told me that, as a journalist who happens to be undocumented, I’ve been trying to write my way into America.
She’s right.
I just never imagined this.
I try—really hard—to live by and act on these words.
Thank you, salamat, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
#NewProfilePic in honor of being a co-founder of 1587 Sneakers—the first sneaker brand founded by Asian Americans.
Check us out: 1587sneakers.com
If you care about immigration, please follow Camilo Montoya-Galvez, who is doing a stupendous job covering this complex beat 👇🏾