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Dove Soap Apologizes For Racist Ad; Backlash Is Major
Last Friday was the 100th birthday of late civil rights ac- tivist Fannie Lou Hamer.
To celebrate Hamer’s life and honor her contributions, nonprofit GirlTrek organized a series of walks across the coun- try.
More than 300 black women, aptly dubbed #Fan- niesArmy, led 100 marches in various U. S. cities at sunset.
Hamer, who died at age 59 in 1977, was a pivotal figure in the fight for Black rights. She co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and tirelessly worked to en- courage Black people to regis- ter to vote at a time when voter suppression was overt.
She was a fierce, outspo- ken force who dedicated her life to fighting for her people.
“In the iconic words of Fan-
Fannie Lou Hamer died at age 59. Her 100th birthday was last Friday. Some of her infamous quotes from various speeches.
nie Lou Hamer, we’re ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired,’” co-founder T. Morgan Dixon said in a press release. “She died too soon putting her body on the line for our free- dom and we want to celebrate her life in a big way.
Dixon and Vanessa
Garrison, who founded Girl- Trek as a national health movement for Black women, travelled to Hamer’s home- town of Ruleville, Mississippi, on her birthday to walk with the community to the civil right icon’s memorial and held a ceremony.
Black Women March To Honor Fannie Lou Hamer’s 100th Birthday
This is the screenshot ad of the Dove GIF that went viral.
Dove apologized this week- end for a social media post that the company says "missed the mark" representing Black women.
The offending ad was a 3- second GIF hawking Dove body wash that was posted Fri- day to the brand's Facebook page. It was taken down Satur- day.
It shows a looping image of a black woman removing a dark brown t-shirt to reveal a white woman. She then removes her beige t-shirt to show a third woman.
"This did not represent the
diversity of real beauty which is something Dove is passion- ate about and is core to our be- liefs, and it should not have happened," the company said in a statement Sunday.
On Friday, Naomi Blake, a 29-year-old beauty entrepre- neur who runs a popular Insta- gram account, said she reached out to the company through Facebook to voice her concerns about the ad.
She said received a "copy and paste" response. Blake also took screenshots of the ad that soon went viral on Face- book and Twitter.
Firefighter Fired For Gifting Majority Black Fire Station With Watermelon
One Detroit firefighter is out of a job after he decided to gift a giant watermelon, all topped with a pink bow as he went to in- troduce himself to what would have been his new colleagues at Engine 55.
However, according to Fox2Detroit, the gift did not go off well at the fire station as about 90 percent of the people working there are Black.
Second Battalion Chief Shawn McCarty explained to the news station that it was a tra- dition for incoming firefighters to bring a little something for their fellow firefighters, al- though it is not mandatory.
However, when 41-year-old Robert Pattison brought in
Newby to the fire station thought a watermelon was a good gift to the majority Black firemen at the station.
White Female Republican Candidate Calls Black Male Democrat Candidate ‘Stupid’ In Virginia’s Lt. Governor’s Race
the watermelon, some of the African-American firefighters reportedly instantly became of- fended.
Pattison told the news sta- tion that his gift was not meant
tobeajokeandhedidnotmean to offended his fellow firefight- ers. Nonetheless, Fire Commis- sioner Eric Jones thought it best to dismiss the probationary firefighter.
During last Thursday night’s lieutenant gubernato- rial debate in Virginia between lawyer, Justin Fairfax and Virginia state Sen. Jill Vogel, it was a master’s course in con- servative white female racial rage in the age of Trump.
The 2017 Virginia elections in November are a preview of the 2018 midterms. The polls predict the Democrats will win the governor’s race and pick up some state legislative seats.
The Democrat Fairfax is on his way to becoming only the second African-American lieutenant governor in Virginia history, and his Trump-sup- porting Republican oppo- nent, Vogel, does not want to see that happen.
Vogel became angry after the moderator asked her about her “transvaginal ultrasound” bill from 2012.
The bill would have re- quired that in order for a woman to get an abortion in Virginia, she would first have to pay for an ultrasound.
Vogel accused Fairfax of attacking her “personally”, then she sought praise for being “gracious and polite” and then she went hard in the white paint.
Lawyer, Justin Fairfax is predicted to beat Virginia State Senator Jill Vogel in the Lt. Governor’s race in Virginia.
“He brings this [ultrasound bill] up every chance he gets because there are other issues that he could talk about, but I clearly think he is not informed enough on those issues to talk intelligently about them. I just have to put that out there.”
Vogel suggesting that Fairfax isn’t smart enough to debate policy was met with backlash.
Vogel tried to backtrack after the debate, but everybody had seen her rant for what it was.
Of course, Vogel denied that there was any racial ani- mus in what she said.
However, the Columbia- and Duke-educated lawyer, Fairfax continues to gain mo- mentum and understands all he faces in the race for Lt. Gov- ernor of the State of Virginia.
Boston City Councilor In Runoff For Mayor
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will face off against City Councilor, Tito Jackson in November as Walsh seeks re-election to a second four- year term.
Walsh and Jackson bested a pair of lesser known mayoral candidates, retired police officer Robert Cap- pucci and Joseph Wiley, a health care worker.
Tito Jackson is a lifelong resident of the Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston and is the son of Rosa and Herb Jackson, two beloved com- munity activists. Councilor Jackson has served since 2011 as the District 7 Boston City Councilor. He currently represents all of Roxbury, parts of the South End, Dorchester, and Fenway neighborhoods.
Councilor Jackson is the Chair of the Boston City Coun- cil’s Committee on Education, and the Special Committee on
Tito Jackson after September election will face-off with the current Mayor.
the Status of Black and Latino Men and Boys. He serves as Vice Chair of the Committee on Healthy Women, Families, Communities.
Prior to his election to the Boston City Council, Coun- cilor Jackson spent more than 10 years in the healthcare and technology sectors. Councilor Jackson served as the Industry Director for Information Technology in
Governor Deval Patrick’s
administration, helping Mas- sachusetts attract and bolster leading-edge technology com- panies. He served as Gover- nor Patrick’s Political Director, helping the Gover- nor get successfully re-elected in 2010.
The top two vote-getters — Walsh and Jackson — ad- vance to the Nov. 7 final elec- tion.
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