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Brands Follow Antiracist Statements With Donations. What’s Next?
As more marketers take stands, pressure grows to take further action
Michael Jordan, seen in January, and Nike subsidiary Jordan Brand said they will donate $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations focused on social justice, education and racial inequality in the U.S.
Tuesday’s statement from Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. put the killing of George Floyd while in police custody in stark terms.
“What happened to George Floyd was not the result of a bad apple; it was the predictable consequence of a racist and prejudiced system and culture that has treated Black bodies as the enemy from the beginning,” the ice-cream brand owned by Unilever PLC said, in part.
But the statement was only part of a wide rush by marketers to express support for protesters angry about Mr. Floyd’s death and, more broadly, racial inequality. Now the question is what brands will do beyond sympathize, advocates and others say. And donations aren’t the end of the conversation
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/brands-follow-anti-racist-statements-with-donations-whats-next-11591437600?st=qj19s5r98hft7u4%E2%80%8B
As more marketers take stands, pressure grows to take further action
Michael Jordan, seen in January, and Nike subsidiary Jordan Brand said they will donate $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations focused on social justice, education and racial inequality in the U.S.
Tuesday’s statement from Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. put the killing of George Floyd while in police custody in stark terms.
“What happened to George Floyd was not the result of a bad apple; it was the predictable consequence of a racist and prejudiced system and culture that has treated Black bodies as the enemy from the beginning,” the ice-cream brand owned by Unilever PLC said, in part.
But the statement was only part of a wide rush by marketers to express support for protesters angry about Mr. Floyd’s death and, more broadly, racial inequality. Now the question is what brands will do beyond sympathize, advocates and others say. And donations aren’t the end of the conversation
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/brands-follow-anti-racist-statements-with-donations-whats-next-11591437600?st=qj19s5r98hft7u4%E2%80%8B
What changes are governments making in response to George Floyd protests?
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Protests over the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody have prompted government and police officials across the United States to enact or propose changes aimed at showing demonstrators that their concerns about police brutality and racism are being heard.
Here are some of those actions.
POLICE BUDGET CUTS PROPOSED
With protesters rallying officials to "defund the police" and "abolish the police," a majority of Minneapolis city council members pledged to disband the city's police department with a new community-led safety model, a step that would have seemed unthinkable before Floyd's death.
Los Angeles' mayor proposed cutting up to $150 million from the police department’s $3 billion budget, and New York City councilors proposed a 5% to 7% cut for all agencies, including the $5.9 billion police budget.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/factbox-what-changes-are-governments-making-in-response-to-george-floyd-protests/ar-BB15poBM
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Protests over the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody have prompted government and police officials across the United States to enact or propose changes aimed at showing demonstrators that their concerns about police brutality and racism are being heard.
Here are some of those actions.
POLICE BUDGET CUTS PROPOSED
With protesters rallying officials to "defund the police" and "abolish the police," a majority of Minneapolis city council members pledged to disband the city's police department with a new community-led safety model, a step that would have seemed unthinkable before Floyd's death.
Los Angeles' mayor proposed cutting up to $150 million from the police department’s $3 billion budget, and New York City councilors proposed a 5% to 7% cut for all agencies, including the $5.9 billion police budget.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/factbox-what-changes-are-governments-making-in-response-to-george-floyd-protests/ar-BB15poBM
Mitigation of damages would be not suppressing my political poetry and discussion.
Mitigation of damages.
Don’t discriminate against a trans-color!
You are just giving me more damages to claim against #blacklivesmatter
Just sayin...
And what about the unity that is in the best interests of DUP?
Do I look good in this martyrdom? 😘
Mitigation of damages.
Don’t discriminate against a trans-color!
You are just giving me more damages to claim against #blacklivesmatter
Just sayin...
And what about the unity that is in the best interests of DUP?
Do I look good in this martyrdom? 😘
F'N YES! We need more of this!
Judge orders Seattle police to stop using tear gas and pepper spray at protests
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice in the liberal city.
U.S. District Judge Richard Jones issued the two-week order after a Black Lives Matter group sued the Seattle Police Department this week to halt the violent tactics it has used to break up largely peaceful protests in recent days.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-police-judge-orders-police-stop-using-tear-gas-pepper-spray-protests/
Judge orders Seattle police to stop using tear gas and pepper spray at protests
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice in the liberal city.
U.S. District Judge Richard Jones issued the two-week order after a Black Lives Matter group sued the Seattle Police Department this week to halt the violent tactics it has used to break up largely peaceful protests in recent days.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-police-judge-orders-police-stop-using-tear-gas-pepper-spray-protests/
The police are being treated like less than human. Who will fund their therapy?
#blacklivesmatter and friends!
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The Protesters Are Upholding America’s Moral Authority Abroad
As during the Cold War, the fight against racism at home strengthens the country’s hand in the world.
In December 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. interrupted himself during a speech on desegregation to discuss an event on the other side of the world: the prodemocracy uprising then being quashed in Hungary. “Our minds leap the mighty Atlantic,” he told the National Committee for Rural Schools, because we are “concerned about the Hungarians as they confront the desperate situation that they stand amid everyday.” By “desperate situation,” King meant the Soviet invasion that, while suppressing a popular revolt against Communist rule, had taken about 2,500 Hungarian lives.
Although King was sympathetic toward the Hungarians seeking freedom, he was far less sympathetic toward their boosters in the Eisenhower administration. “It is strange,” he remarked, “that the American government can be so much concerned about the Hungarians and have not the slightest concern about the Negroes in Mississippi and Alabama, in Georgia, in South Carolina. Unless we in this nation wake up and decide to do something about the condition in America, we will never be able to defeat communism.”
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/civil-rights-protests-expand-americas-global-power/612976/
As during the Cold War, the fight against racism at home strengthens the country’s hand in the world.
In December 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. interrupted himself during a speech on desegregation to discuss an event on the other side of the world: the prodemocracy uprising then being quashed in Hungary. “Our minds leap the mighty Atlantic,” he told the National Committee for Rural Schools, because we are “concerned about the Hungarians as they confront the desperate situation that they stand amid everyday.” By “desperate situation,” King meant the Soviet invasion that, while suppressing a popular revolt against Communist rule, had taken about 2,500 Hungarian lives.
Although King was sympathetic toward the Hungarians seeking freedom, he was far less sympathetic toward their boosters in the Eisenhower administration. “It is strange,” he remarked, “that the American government can be so much concerned about the Hungarians and have not the slightest concern about the Negroes in Mississippi and Alabama, in Georgia, in South Carolina. Unless we in this nation wake up and decide to do something about the condition in America, we will never be able to defeat communism.”
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/civil-rights-protests-expand-americas-global-power/612976/
Sean Penn offering free COVID-19 tests at protests: 'Testing and protesting are essentials'
Sean Penn is doing his part to keep protesters safe with free COVID-19 testing.
Demonstrators have been hitting the streets nationwide amid the coronavirus pandemic to protest police brutality and racial inequality following the May 25th death of George Floyd. Many protesters have disregarded social distancing guidelines to march, deeming racism a greater risk then contracting COVID-19.
Penn called the Black Lives Matter movement an "existential moment."
"It’s a shame that it happened during a pandemic," Penn told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show Tuesday, "but both testing and protesting are essentials right now. We can’t lose this moment."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/11/sean-penn-offering-free-covid-19-tests-protests/5347426002/
Sean Penn is doing his part to keep protesters safe with free COVID-19 testing.
Demonstrators have been hitting the streets nationwide amid the coronavirus pandemic to protest police brutality and racial inequality following the May 25th death of George Floyd. Many protesters have disregarded social distancing guidelines to march, deeming racism a greater risk then contracting COVID-19.
Penn called the Black Lives Matter movement an "existential moment."
"It’s a shame that it happened during a pandemic," Penn told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show Tuesday, "but both testing and protesting are essentials right now. We can’t lose this moment."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/11/sean-penn-offering-free-covid-19-tests-protests/5347426002/
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I am black
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Trump’s Actions Rattle the Military World: ‘I Can’t Support the Man’
Erin Fangmann grew up in a military family, has been married to a captain in the Air Force for 18 years and has voted Republican all her life, including for Donald J. Trump. But as with a number of other veterans, troops and military family members who have watched the president with alarm, her support has evaporated.
“He has hurt the military,” said Ms. Fangmann, who lives in Arizona, one of several states in play this November with a high percentage of veterans and active-duty service members. “Bringing in active-duty members to the streets was a test to desensitize people to his future use of the military for his personal benefit. I think the silent majority among us is going to swing away.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/trumps-actions-rattle-the-military-world-i-cant-support-the-man/ar-BB15oFir?ocid=spartanntp
Erin Fangmann grew up in a military family, has been married to a captain in the Air Force for 18 years and has voted Republican all her life, including for Donald J. Trump. But as with a number of other veterans, troops and military family members who have watched the president with alarm, her support has evaporated.
“He has hurt the military,” said Ms. Fangmann, who lives in Arizona, one of several states in play this November with a high percentage of veterans and active-duty service members. “Bringing in active-duty members to the streets was a test to desensitize people to his future use of the military for his personal benefit. I think the silent majority among us is going to swing away.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/trumps-actions-rattle-the-military-world-i-cant-support-the-man/ar-BB15oFir?ocid=spartanntp
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With EVERYTHING going on on the world . . . all the inequality and division, our administration focuses on THIS?!
Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration
The Trump administration on Friday finalized a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance.
"HHS respects the dignity of every human being, and as we have shown in our response to the pandemic, we vigorously protect and enforce the civil rights of all to the fullest extent permitted by our laws as passed by Congress," said Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, in a written statement announcing that the HHS rule had become final. The rule is set to go into effect by mid-August.
It is one of many rules and regulations put forward by the Trump administration that defines "sex discrimination" as only applying when someone faces discrimination for being male or female, and does not protect people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Supporters of the new rule said this is a necessary reversal of Obama-era executive overreach and will reduce confusion about the legal meaning of "sex discrimination." Critics argue the rule could further harm an already vulnerable group — transgender people — in the midst of a pandemic and historic unrest spurred by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration
Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration
The Trump administration on Friday finalized a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance.
"HHS respects the dignity of every human being, and as we have shown in our response to the pandemic, we vigorously protect and enforce the civil rights of all to the fullest extent permitted by our laws as passed by Congress," said Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, in a written statement announcing that the HHS rule had become final. The rule is set to go into effect by mid-August.
It is one of many rules and regulations put forward by the Trump administration that defines "sex discrimination" as only applying when someone faces discrimination for being male or female, and does not protect people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Supporters of the new rule said this is a necessary reversal of Obama-era executive overreach and will reduce confusion about the legal meaning of "sex discrimination." Critics argue the rule could further harm an already vulnerable group — transgender people — in the midst of a pandemic and historic unrest spurred by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration
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Supporters of the new rule said this is a necessary reversal of Obama-era executive overreach and will reduce confusion about the legal meaning of "sex discrimination." Critics argue the rule could further harm an already vulnerable group — transgender people — in the midst of a pandemic and historic unrest spurred by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police /2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration[/url]
It’s #blacklivesmatter right now.
Don’t let privilege cloud your judgement, reckless white woman.
We’re not even defending police or rape victims to pass the mic.
Supporters of the new rule said this is a necessary reversal of Obama-era executive overreach and will reduce confusion about the legal meaning of "sex discrimination." Critics argue the rule could further harm an already vulnerable group — transgender people — in the midst of a pandemic and historic unrest spurred by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police /2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration[/url]
It’s #blacklivesmatter right now.
Don’t let privilege cloud your judgement, reckless white woman.
We’re not even defending police or rape victims to pass the mic.
