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After a Texas ban on rainbow crosswalks went into effect, a Dallas man repainted a dozen of them in a few hours
Last week, Dallas began removing its rainbow-painted sidewalks in compliance with a new state directive requiring cities to remove “political ideologies” from public roadways.
Mason Whiteside moved to Dallas in 2023 and said that wasn’t “the Dallas I came to love.” So, in a few hours, with chalk and spray paint, he repainted more than a dozen crosswalks in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
Whiteside was arrested for what police officials say were unrelated, outstanding warrants. Still, Whiteside said he’d do it again, “How much longer until it’s not just crosswalks? Until they take our spaces — our actual spaces?”
Why is this good news? Whiteside said he moved to Dallas to start over outside of his “small-minded” hometown — to a city that was more welcoming for a queer man like him. Visual symbols like rainbow-painted crosswalks help signal to queer people that they are celebrated and welcome in a community. Whiteside’s nonviolent resistance helps signal that for others, and to people in power to shape our communities.
A famous actor and model are using their platform to fight tourist traps and invest in one of Sierra Leone’s islands
Actor Idris Elba and his wife, Canadian model Sabrina Elba, have made it their mission to couple ecological sustainability with economic growth on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone. The project could transform development projects across the continent.
Idris is from Sierra Leone, and Sabrina is from Somalia. She said growing up, she heard damaging messages and stigmas about being African, and the pair wants “to see Africa represented the way that we knew it to be.”
The Elbas took a trip to the island — with its scarce electricity and wireless internet, lack of refrigeration, as well as miles of untouched beaches, lagoons, and fresh water — and saw an opportunity to change the narrative from “one of aid to one of investment.” They’re taking on the project through their Elba Hope Foundation.
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