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Tea brands voice support for Black Lives Matter, tell critics 'don't buy our tea'
Now, this is some piping hot tea.
Two of Britain’s biggest tea makers have denounced racism and declared their support for the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd and speculation regarding the brands' respective stances on social media.
Far-right video blogger Laura Towler caused a commotion over the weekend when she tweeted her approval that Yorkshire Tea had not voiced support for Black Lives Matter, the BBC reported.
"Please don't buy our tea again,” the brand fired back on Monday. “We're taking some time to educate ourselves and plan proper action before we post. We stand against racism,” Yorkshire Tea said, adding the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
Competitor PG Tips soon jumped into the fray, also declaring their support for the movement
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/food-drink/tea-brands-support-black-lives-matter-critics-buy.amp
#BlackLivesMatter
Tea brands voice support for Black Lives Matter, tell critics 'don't buy our tea'
Now, this is some piping hot tea.
Two of Britain’s biggest tea makers have denounced racism and declared their support for the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd and speculation regarding the brands' respective stances on social media.
Far-right video blogger Laura Towler caused a commotion over the weekend when she tweeted her approval that Yorkshire Tea had not voiced support for Black Lives Matter, the BBC reported.
"Please don't buy our tea again,” the brand fired back on Monday. “We're taking some time to educate ourselves and plan proper action before we post. We stand against racism,” Yorkshire Tea said, adding the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
Competitor PG Tips soon jumped into the fray, also declaring their support for the movement
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/food-drink/tea-brands-support-black-lives-matter-critics-buy.amp
#BlackLivesMatter
"Please don't buy our tea again,” the brand fired back on Monday. “We're taking some time to educate ourselves and plan proper action before we post. We stand against racism,” Yorkshire Tea said, adding the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
They stand against racism but for a racially divisive movement.
When BLM of any skin tone will raise a fist together and say “I am black” I will buy their tea
Putting tea companies on notice: can’t say “I am black” - then I can’t believe the lip service.
They are just shameful tea baggers
They stand against racism but for a racially divisive movement.
When BLM of any skin tone will raise a fist together and say “I am black” I will buy their tea
Putting tea companies on notice: can’t say “I am black” - then I can’t believe the lip service.
They are just shameful tea baggers
Wowsa! This is big!
Poetry Foundation Leadership Resigns After Black Lives Matter Statement
The departures came in response to an open letter signed by more than 1,800 people criticizing the organization’s remarks and calling on it to dedicate more funding to antiracism efforts.
The Poetry Foundation announced on Wednesday that its president and board chairman are resigning, several days after an open letter signed by more than 1,800 poets and others criticized the foundation’s recent statement on the Black Lives Matter movement and called for them to be replaced.
The president, Henry Bienen, a former president of Northwestern University, resigned, effective immediately, according to a statement. The foundation’s board chairman, Willard Bunn III, a retired bank executive, will also be stepping down.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/books/poetry-foundation-black-lives-matter.html
Poetry Foundation Leadership Resigns After Black Lives Matter Statement
The departures came in response to an open letter signed by more than 1,800 people criticizing the organization’s remarks and calling on it to dedicate more funding to antiracism efforts.
The Poetry Foundation announced on Wednesday that its president and board chairman are resigning, several days after an open letter signed by more than 1,800 poets and others criticized the foundation’s recent statement on the Black Lives Matter movement and called for them to be replaced.
The president, Henry Bienen, a former president of Northwestern University, resigned, effective immediately, according to a statement. The foundation’s board chairman, Willard Bunn III, a retired bank executive, will also be stepping down.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/books/poetry-foundation-black-lives-matter.html
I am so happy to see Netflix mirror Prime! These are wonderful opportunities to learn of the struggles that have and still do exist.
Netflix Launches Black Lives Matter Collection of Films, TV Shows and Documentaries
In response to the worldwide demonstrations protesting racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd's death, Netflix has launched a Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries to help U.S. subscribers better understand the experience of Black Americans.
Titles in the collection include Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (out Friday); Ava DuVernay's 13th and When They See Us; Mudbound; Orange Is the New Black; Dear White People; and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, among others.
"When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we also mean 'Black storytelling matters,'" Netflix said in a statement on Twitter. "With an understanding that our commitment to true, systemic change will take time — we're starting by highlighting powerful and complex narratives about the Black experience."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/netflix-launches-black-lives-matter-collection-1297820
Netflix Launches Black Lives Matter Collection of Films, TV Shows and Documentaries
In response to the worldwide demonstrations protesting racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd's death, Netflix has launched a Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries to help U.S. subscribers better understand the experience of Black Americans.
Titles in the collection include Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (out Friday); Ava DuVernay's 13th and When They See Us; Mudbound; Orange Is the New Black; Dear White People; and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, among others.
"When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we also mean 'Black storytelling matters,'" Netflix said in a statement on Twitter. "With an understanding that our commitment to true, systemic change will take time — we're starting by highlighting powerful and complex narratives about the Black experience."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/netflix-launches-black-lives-matter-collection-1297820
Ahavati said:I am so happy to see Netflix mirror Prime! These are wonderful opportunities to learn of the struggles that have and still do exist.
Netflix Launches Black Lives Matter Collection of Films, TV Shows and Documentaries
In response to the worldwide demonstrations protesting racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd's death, Netflix has launched a Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries to help U.S. subscribers better understand the experience of Black Americans.
Titles in the collection include Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (out Friday); Ava DuVernay's 13th and When They See Us; Mudbound; Orange Is the New Black; Dear White People; and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, among others.
"When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we also mean 'Black storytelling matters,'" Netflix said in a statement on Twitter. "With an understanding that our commitment to true, systemic change will take time — we're starting by highlighting powerful and complex narratives about the Black experience."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/netflix-launches-black-lives-matter-collection-1297820
All films tell a black story.
Netflix Launches Black Lives Matter Collection of Films, TV Shows and Documentaries
In response to the worldwide demonstrations protesting racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd's death, Netflix has launched a Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries to help U.S. subscribers better understand the experience of Black Americans.
Titles in the collection include Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (out Friday); Ava DuVernay's 13th and When They See Us; Mudbound; Orange Is the New Black; Dear White People; and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, among others.
"When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we also mean 'Black storytelling matters,'" Netflix said in a statement on Twitter. "With an understanding that our commitment to true, systemic change will take time — we're starting by highlighting powerful and complex narratives about the Black experience."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/netflix-launches-black-lives-matter-collection-1297820
All films tell a black story.
Woot!!! Yaaaas!
Pelosi: Congress will pass police reform bill because "the people have spoken"
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, approached her before he testified today and asked if the police reform bill being debated in the House would actually become law.
"'Is there going to be a bill that is passed and why do you think so?'" she said he asked, recounting their conversation.
"I said 'I think so,'" she continued. "'I know so because the people have spoken.'"
Pelosi went on cite Abraham Lincoln, who famously said "public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail."
"People have spoken," she said. "They have been seen, they have been heard. And they've done so day in and day out for weeks. So the injustice of it all is readily apparent. the need to make the change is clear and the proposals to do so have been in the hopper for a while."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
Pelosi: Congress will pass police reform bill because "the people have spoken"
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, approached her before he testified today and asked if the police reform bill being debated in the House would actually become law.
"'Is there going to be a bill that is passed and why do you think so?'" she said he asked, recounting their conversation.
"I said 'I think so,'" she continued. "'I know so because the people have spoken.'"
Pelosi went on cite Abraham Lincoln, who famously said "public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail."
"People have spoken," she said. "They have been seen, they have been heard. And they've done so day in and day out for weeks. So the injustice of it all is readily apparent. the need to make the change is clear and the proposals to do so have been in the hopper for a while."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
Ahavati said:Woot!!! Yaaaas!
Pelosi: Congress will pass police reform bill because "the people have spoken"
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, approached her before he testified today and asked if the police reform bill being debated in the House would actually become law.
"'Is there going to be a bill that is passed and why do you think so?'" she said he asked, recounting their conversation.
"I said 'I think so,'" she continued. "'I know so because the people have spoken.'"
Pelosi went on cite Abraham Lincoln, who famously said "public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail."
"People have spoken," she said. "They have been seen, they have been heard. And they've done so day in and day out for weeks. So the injustice of it all is readily apparent. the need to make the change is clear and the proposals to do so have been in the hopper for a while."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
Awww....
Could have been such a cool moment. Only spoiled by entitlement, privilege, hypocrisy and xenophobic diversity extremists...
Pelosi: Congress will pass police reform bill because "the people have spoken"
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, approached her before he testified today and asked if the police reform bill being debated in the House would actually become law.
"'Is there going to be a bill that is passed and why do you think so?'" she said he asked, recounting their conversation.
"I said 'I think so,'" she continued. "'I know so because the people have spoken.'"
Pelosi went on cite Abraham Lincoln, who famously said "public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail."
"People have spoken," she said. "They have been seen, they have been heard. And they've done so day in and day out for weeks. So the injustice of it all is readily apparent. the need to make the change is clear and the proposals to do so have been in the hopper for a while."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
Awww....
Could have been such a cool moment. Only spoiled by entitlement, privilege, hypocrisy and xenophobic diversity extremists...
It's'a coming!
White House is completing "final edits" on police reform proposals
The White House is completing “final edits” on a body of police reform proposals and could unveil them in the coming days, the White House press secretary said on Wednesday.
President Trump has spent the past 10 days “quietly and diligently” working on the proposals to address policing issues being raised by protesters around the country, according to Kayleigh McEnany.
She said the proposals may not be ready to unveiled by Thursday, when Trump participates in a roundtable in Dallas, but that it’s nearing completion.
Trump is also weighing law enforcement reform provisions included in legislation authored by GOP Sen. Tim Scott, but hasn’t determined which of them he would support.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
White House is completing "final edits" on police reform proposals
The White House is completing “final edits” on a body of police reform proposals and could unveil them in the coming days, the White House press secretary said on Wednesday.
President Trump has spent the past 10 days “quietly and diligently” working on the proposals to address policing issues being raised by protesters around the country, according to Kayleigh McEnany.
She said the proposals may not be ready to unveiled by Thursday, when Trump participates in a roundtable in Dallas, but that it’s nearing completion.
Trump is also weighing law enforcement reform provisions included in legislation authored by GOP Sen. Tim Scott, but hasn’t determined which of them he would support.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
Minneapolis mayor criticizes police union leader
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey slammed the leader of the Minneapolis Police Union during his press conference Wednesday.
“The rhetoric that Bob Kroll has put out is detrimental not only to our city but to the police department. For somebody that complains so much about the lack of support and trust of police officers, he’s the primary, one of the primary reasons for that lack of trust and support,” Frey said.
Some background: Kroll has drawn fire in recent weeks over a letter he sent to police officers that criticized Minneapolis leadership, questioned George Floyd’s criminal history, and called the protests in Minneapolis a “terrorist movement,” according to CNN affiliate WCCO. Frey tweeted about the letter on June 1 and said Kroll was a man “shockingly indifferent to his role in undermining” the trust and support between the public and police department.
“Lieutenant Kroll has not been helpful in any way, shape, or form to generating accountability and measures of reform that we’ve been trying to see through,” Frey said Wednesday.
Frey specifically called out the police union as being an impediment to progress and one of the “buckets that need to be changed.”
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https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey slammed the leader of the Minneapolis Police Union during his press conference Wednesday.
“The rhetoric that Bob Kroll has put out is detrimental not only to our city but to the police department. For somebody that complains so much about the lack of support and trust of police officers, he’s the primary, one of the primary reasons for that lack of trust and support,” Frey said.
Some background: Kroll has drawn fire in recent weeks over a letter he sent to police officers that criticized Minneapolis leadership, questioned George Floyd’s criminal history, and called the protests in Minneapolis a “terrorist movement,” according to CNN affiliate WCCO. Frey tweeted about the letter on June 1 and said Kroll was a man “shockingly indifferent to his role in undermining” the trust and support between the public and police department.
“Lieutenant Kroll has not been helpful in any way, shape, or form to generating accountability and measures of reform that we’ve been trying to see through,” Frey said Wednesday.
Frey specifically called out the police union as being an impediment to progress and one of the “buckets that need to be changed.”
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https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-10-20/index.html
