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Author: Sebastian Medina-Tayac

Don’t Hate Aryssa Damron (It’s What Fox Wants)

Posted on September 23, 2015October 2, 2016 by Sebastian Medina-Tayac

Last week, Fox and Friends criticized Yale for bringing Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson to campus to speak in a lecture series on “Transformational Leadership” at the Divinity School. Fox “News” pundit Tucker Carlson brought Yale sophomore Aryssa Damron on the show to denounce Mckesson as a “race hustler” and a “hater.” Her comments went viral on…

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