Common, Questlove, Nas & More Speak Out Against Trump’s Family Separation Policy




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Rappers have come out strong against Trump’s new policy
Last month, President Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new “zero tolerance” policy when it comes to immigrants who try to cross the border. When Sessions made the announcement, the AG said: “If you are smuggling a child then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you as required by law.”
Since then, more than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the border. These children are being placed in makeshift tents and centers, while their parents are being prosecuted.
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The new policy and the treatment these children have dominated news coverage. You can’t ignore the story anymore.
Celebrities and rappers aren’t quiet, either. These pop culture figures have been speaking out against the images and details that are being released. Some have released details about how you can help. Others have shared the harrowing video of Rachel Maddow crying during a newscast on Tuesday evening.
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Scroll down to see what Questlove, Common, Nas, T.I.,Lin-Manuel Miranda, Diddy, and more are saying about Trump and his “zero tolerance” policy.
Questlove
Cardi B
Nas
T.I.
Common
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pic.twitter.com/X8rOVv3Du6
— COMMON (@common) June 20, 2018
”Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pic.twitter.com/QD2EOJOX5S
— COMMON (@common) June 20, 2018
Diddy
Kehlani
David Banner
John Legend
Seriously, fuck you. Reunite the families at the border and we can talk about father’s day. https://t.co/bbG0gVqfzq
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 16, 2018
Ava DuVernay
I look at myself as a girl and imagine having to travel unsafely in a quest for safety. Be forcibly separated from my mother. Caged with people I don’t know and who don’t know me. Alone in a world I don’t understand. Imagine this for the child you were. We cannot allow this. pic.twitter.com/JIWOiWDXvu
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 20, 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Same boat as you, Pa.
Sick to my stomach and heartbroken for our nation this Father’s Day.
Love you. https://t.co/Eu6HL1SMyf— 🇵🇷 Lin-Manuel Miranda 🏳️🌈 (@Lin_Manuel) June 17, 2018