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Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash

13 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

13 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.

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Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash

African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.

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Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

7 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

7 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.

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Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery

The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.

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Prada Will Stop Selling $550 Monkey Figure Decried as Racist

14 December 2018 • By Bloomberg

This marks the latest instance of a fashion house using imagery that’s at best tone-deaf, at worst, racist and exploitative.

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Prada Will Stop Selling $550 Monkey Figure Decried as Racist

This marks the latest instance of a fashion house using imagery that’s at best tone-deaf, at worst, racist and exploitative.

Dismantling the Legacy of Racism in America: DeRay Mckesson

29 November 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

Dismantling the Legacy of Racism in America: DeRay Mckesson

The activist and author outlined a new way to organise people against discrimination, one that acknowledges the many issues and systems that work together to thwart equality.