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L’Oreal Fires Its First Transgender For Speaking Out About Racism In America
Joel Osteen Preaches First Sermon Since Backlash About Harvey Victims
Pastor Joel Osteen, who has been under fire for his Houston megachurch’s slow re- sponse to helping survivors of Hurricane Harvey, vowed on Sunday that God would “pay back” victims for what they lost.
“We’re not going to under- stand everything that happens, but having a ‘poor old me’ men- tality or ‘look what I lost’ or ‘why did this happen,’ you know that’s just going to pull you down,” he said in his first sermon at his Lakewood Church since the storm.
Instead, he urged his fol- lowers to “turn it over” to God. Osteen also had some sharp
PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN
words for his critics, who slammed him and his church for its delayed response to the storm.
Children who don’t qualify for free lunch, but live in finan- cially strapped families often cannot afford to pay for school meals. A new fund inspired by Philando Castile, a former school cafeteria supervisor, will help to ensure those students don’t go hungry.
WCCO-TV reports that an ef- fort is underway to raise funds for Philando Feeds the Chil- dren, which has surpassed its $10,000 goal.
Castile, who worked at the J.J. Hill Montessori school cafe- teria, was fatally shot during a traffic stop in July 2016 by a St. Anthony, Minnesota police offi- cer who was acquitted.
“When a student couldn’t pay for their lunch, a lot of times (Castile) actually paid for their lunch out of his own pocket,” Stacy Koppen, nutri- tional services director for St. Paul Public Schools, told the CBS News affiliate.
Koppen added that ele- mentary school students pay about $400 a year for lunch, and many families cannot af- ford that price tag.
The fund reached $12,710 by
Philando Castile was fa- tally shot by a Minnesota po- lice officer in front of his girlfriend and her daughter. The officer was found not guilty of his murder.
Friday morning—with 90 days remaining in the campaign.
Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, will match the final fundraising total. The Castile family reached a $3 million set- tlement with St. Anthony for her son’s death.
“She said the only thing I want for my son is for people to remember him with honor and dignity.’’
A Black South Carolina law- maker advocating for the re- moval of Confederate monuments says he recently received a threatening email containing a racial slur and telling him to “go back to Africa.”
Wendell Gilliard, a De- mocrat in Charleston, told local station WCIV-TV that he re- ceived the message on Thurs- day from a person identifying himself only as “John Cal- houn.” That’s the name of the seventh vice president of the U. S., who once argued that slav- ery was “a positive good.”
The disturbing email, sent from the account gener- alleeflag666@gmail.com, threatens to bring a “group” to Gilliard’s house and states,
State Rep. Wendell Gilliard was threatened in an email.
“We wear suits. No sheet.” Gilliard was shocked by the message, but admitted it seems
consistent with the times.
Munroe Bergdorf was fired by L’Oreal.
Effort Inspired By Philando Castile Underway To
Feed School Children
South Carolina Lawmaker Threatened After Asking For Removal Of Confederate Monuments
10-Day ‘Confront White Supremacy’ Marchers Face Rain And Threats
L’Oréal Paris has fired its first transgender model to join the brand just days after an- nouncing the partnership.
L’Oréal released a statement on Twitter Friday morning say- ing the company “champions diversity” but decided to cut ties with Munroe Bergdorf, saying her comments calling out white America’s racism in a recent Facebook post are “at odds” with their values.
Bergdorf received big buzz earlier last week after L’O- real announced her inclusion in a YouTube video ad. But Bergdorf’s excitement was short-lived.
By Friday, the company had disavowed comments the model previously made on so- cial media, which surfaced in a report the Daily Mail published on Thursday.
On Friday morning in the U. K., many expressed outrage with L’Oréal’s decision to de- nounce Bergdorf’s message, saying it highlights the hypocrisy of the company claiming to be “champions of diversity” while only embracing inclusion for goals driven by profit and actively condemning Bergdorf, a black trans woman, for speaking out about racism ― an issue that impacts people of color most.
Alleged Serial Killer Of White Men Arrested
KANSAS CITY, MO —- A Black man has been charged in the ambush-style murders of two White middle-aged men and was suspected in the ap- parent serial killings of three others in Kansas City, Mis- souri. Fredrick Demond Scott, 22, allegedly told police the men “didn’t see it coming” after he was arrested Tues- day, The Kansas City Star re- ports.
All of the victims who police believe were killed by Scott were White men between the ages of 54 and 67. Jackson City Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told reporters Scott’s motive was unknown as of Fri-
Fredrick Scott, allegedly said, ‘they didn’t see it coming.’
day, but court records showed that he threatened to “kill all white people” and shoot at a school in 2014, the Star re- ported in a separate article. He also “repeatedly” told police that he was angry about the 2015 murder of his older brother, Gerard Woods.
WARRENTON, VA —- Brav- ing the rain, threats of violence and uncertainty over police per- mits, dozens of civil rights ac- tivists set out on the sixth day of their 118-mile trek from Char- lottesville, Virginia, to Wash- ington, D.C., on Saturday to protest the white supremacist ideas that inspired deadly vio- lence in Charlottesville a few weeks ago.
The 10-day journey, which organizers from progressive and faith organizations are call- ing a “March to Confront White Supremacy,” began on Monday, August 28th with a rally in Charlottesville’s Emancipation Park and was due to conclude Wednesday with nonviolent
civil disobedience in the na- tion’s capital.
With an escort from the Vir- ginia State Police and Virginia Department of Transportation, the rain-gear-clad marchers spent Saturday walk- ing 13 miles. Participation in the march varies from one day to the next, but organizers esti- mated that there were 80 peo- ple marching on Saturday.
The marchers are calling for
President Donald Trump’s
impeachment, the removal of all white supremacists from his administration, and an end to policies that disproportionately impact people of color, includ- ing criminal justice and policing practices.
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