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Rihanna Shuts Down Sales on All Three of Her Fenty Brands in Honor of Blackout Tuesday
June 02, 2020 at 05:27PM Rihanna has paused production on her three lucrative brands—cosmetics company Fenty Beauty, lingerie line Savage x Fenty, and LVMH-helmed luxury line Fenty—in response to the ongoing protests demanding justice for George Floyd and Black victims of police brutality in America. The star took to social media to share that she and her businesses would be participating in Blackout Tuesday, a social media campaign that encourages the public to cease posting personal content and instead educate themselves on the Black Lives Matter movement, amplify Black voices, and support Black-owned brands. The purpose of the campaign is not only to continue to bring awareness to the unjust murder of George Floyd but also to showcase the power of the Black dollar and how Black Americans have vital spending power in the country. “We ain’t buying shit!!! and we ain’t selling shit neither!! gang gang! #BLACKOUTTUESDAY AF!!!” wrote Rihanna on Twitter and Instagram, posted with the campaign’s adopted image of a black square. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. View this post on Instagram we ain’t buying shit!!! and we ain’t selling shit neither!! gang gang! #BLACKOUTTUESDAY AF!!! @fenty @fentybeauty @savagexfenty ?????? A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Jun 1, 2020 at 10:55pm PDT Each of
TV Cops Are Donating Their Earnings to Support the Black Lives Matter Protesters
June 02, 2020 at 05:00PM ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ star Stephanie Beatriz is among the actors raising funds to help pay bail for people put in jail. op dramas are as American as apple pie. For more than half a century, Hollywood has shaped our collective understanding, and general high opinion, of police work. As an excellent reported series from the Washington Post pointed out in 2016, “police pressure, government regulation and censorship helped mold pop culture’s stories about the police.” As such, it has become the norm that law enforcement is almost always positioned as the heroes in shows such as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Shield, and CSI. And this week, as peaceful protests and violent outbursts spread throughout the nation in response to police brutality and the killing of George Floyd by a law enforcement officer, Vulture‘s Kathryn VanArendonk wrote about the popularity of fictional cops set against this grim context. “TV has long had a police’s-eye perspective that helps shape the way viewers see the world,” she wrote, “prioritizing the victories and struggles of police over communities being policed.” Many Americans associate police work with the moral high ground and the fictional officers they see in beloved shows like NCIS, Law & Order, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, CSI, Chicago PD, Blue Bloods, and going all the way back to Dragnet. Now, some actors who have benefitted from that paradigm, playing law enforcement individuals, are giving their residuals to help free those who have been jailed while protesting. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to
Meghan Markle Speaks About Her Experience With Racism in Resurfaced Video: I ‘Want Things to Be Better’
June 02, 2020 at 04:36PM Continue Reading… Author | Elle Selected by CWC
Why Rihanna, Kendall Jenner, and Other Celebs Are Posting Black Squares for #BlackOutTuesday
June 02, 2020 at 02:47PM Continue Reading… Author | Elle Selected by CWC
The Queen, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle’s Commonwealth Trust Speaks Out in Support of Black Lives Matter
June 01, 2020 at 10:54PM The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust is openly siding with the Black Lives Matter moment as protests for racial justice take place across America. The trust, which is overseen by Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, and Duchess Meghan, took to social media to share a message of support to those who are protesting and demanding justice following the tragic killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black Americans at the hands of police officers. The trust is a growing network of young changemakers across the U.K.’s Commonwealth who are encouraged to share their ideas and insight on how change can be brought on by anyone, anywhere. Meghan was appointed vice president of the Commonwealth Trust last year. “Young people are vital voices in the fight against injustice and racism around the world. As a global community of young leaders we stand together in pursuit of fairness and a better way forward. Silence is not an option. #BlackLivesMatter,” read a tweet alongside an image of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust@queenscomtrust Young people are vital voices in the fight against injustice and racism around the world. As a global community of young leaders we stand together in pursuit of fairness and a better way forward. Silence is not
These Virtual Mental Health Resources for Black Women Can Make All the Difference
June 01, 2020 at 10:23PM Continue Reading… Author | Elle Selected by CWC
Cole Sprouse Was Arrested During the Santa Monica #BlackLivesMatter Protest
June 01, 2020 at 10:21PM Continue Reading… Author | Elle Selected by CWC Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse was one of thousands across the country arrested over the weekend while protesting the murder of George Floyd. He detailed his experience of getting detained while protesting racism and police brutality in Santa Monica via a new Instagram post. “A group of peaceful protesters, myself included, were arrested yesterday in Santa Monica,” Sprouse began the post. “So before the voracious horde of media sensationalism decides to somehow turn it about me, there’s a clear need to speak about the circumstances: Black Lives Matter. Peace, riots, looting, are an absolutely legitimate form of protest. the media is by nature only going to show the most sensational, which only proves a long standing racist agenda.”This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5851tJlun/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=12&wp=658&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elle.com&rp=%2Fculture%2Fcelebrities%2Fa32734348%2Fcole-sprouse-arrest-santa-monica-protest%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3580.42000000205%2C%22ls%22%3A3504.1549999987183%2C%22le%22%3A3575.55499999944%7DADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOWhttps://7cbb60b03fbc3ebeece8be039ad5f251.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html BuzzFeed News reports that Sprouse was a part of “a few dozen protesters who were gathered on Broadway in downtown Santa Monica, holding signs decrying the death of George Floyd and chanting ‘I can’t breathe.’” The outlet reports that as that group of protestors marched, destruction and looting began to take place near by, with at least two squad cars burned and damaged. Two police officers told BuzzFeed News that they lacked both the “resources” and “capacity” to stop those causing destruction. In his post Sprouse explained that he and others “were given
Barack Obama Offers Playbook for Creating Real Change: Protest Peacefully and Vote in All Elections
June 01, 2020 at 04:42PM “If we want to bring about real change, then the choice isn’t between protest and politics. We have to do both.” Continue Reading… Author | Elle Selected by CWC
Who Is Chiara de Blasio? Bill de Blasio’s Daughter Was Arrested While Protesting
June 01, 2020 at 04:14PM She is the daughter of Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s First Lady Chirlane McCray. Chiara grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where the de Blasio family lived until taking up residence at Gracie Mansion. She has one younger brother, Dante, who published an op-ed last year about interacting with NYPD as a young black man. She attended the Beacon School (one of New York City’s most elite high schools) in Hell’s Kitchen, and studied Criminal Justice and Women’s and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University in California, according to her LinkedIn. Chiara now works as a program coordinator for a feminist group at Santa Clara’s Community Action Program, a “community-based, service organization dedicated to applying activism and justice to address social issues in and around the campus community,” as described on its website. ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. She’s open about her struggles with depression and drug and alcohol abuse. Chiara said she sought treatment for substance abuse in a candid YouTube video from 2013. She told Teen Vogue about coming forward: “It’s part of my temperament to be very straightforward, very blunt, very honest. My parents always stressed communication as a really important part of any relationship. When I was younger, I didn’t want to tell them everything—I have my teenage secrets—but they taught me that honesty is