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Lifestyle
Melanie McFarland

Tiffany Cross was too real for MSNBC

Tiffany Cross, Host of MSNBC Cross Connection speaks onstage during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 1 at Sheraton New York on September 19, 2022 in New York City. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Nothing former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross said is incorrect. Many Black people, other non-white people and marginalized folks in general, have enough experience with what happens when powerful white people decide they want something to see danger ahead.

When she is quoted saying, "They've never had a problem replacing the people who stand in their way," Cross could have been referring to the rapid gentrification of historically Black neighborhoods in large cities, or the Westward expansion of white settlers in the 19th century, or any element of colonialism.

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