Media ownership by people of color is on the brink of extinction

[Commentary] Right now, media ownership by people of color is on the brink of extinction. Of more than 1,500 full-powered television stations, only 42 remain under Latino ownership and 7 under African American ownership. Howard University Television, the nation’s first and only Black-owned public TV station, which has broadcast for more than 30 years, is auctioning off its airwaves. People of color cannot afford to lose any more of the platforms we speak from at such a critical moment in our national conversation — we must act now to tell the Federal Communications Commission to support current and future media owners of color.

[Aitza Haddad Nunez is a member of Howard Media Group at Howard University’s School of Communications]