Monday, September 11, 2017

CLARA AMFO QUITS L'OREAL CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF ANTI-RACISM FREE SPEECH

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Clara Amfo has quit the L’Oreal True Match campaign after transgender model Munroe Bergdorf was dropped for social media posts about systemic racism.

The Radio 1 DJ and model is the latest to speak out in support of Bergdorf, after the trans model posted in the wake of Charlottesville last month.
In an Instagram photo posted over the weekend, Amfo wrote: ‘Not even a week ago I was proud to announce that I was to be in the same campaign as Munroe. ‘A trans woman of colour who @lorealmakeup hired to sell make up because of who she is.
‘Who she is, a woman who wrote a nuanced post on institutional racism and white supremacy in relation to Charlottesville and how the foundations of those heinous ideals trickle into every facet of our society.
‘A newspaper took her post out of context and span it as “a rant” with the most basic of dog whistle politics to rally people against her.
‘She has now been dropped from the campaign because L’Oreal feel that she is “at odds with our values”… If she’s not “worth it” anymore, I guess I’m not either.’
~metro.co.uk

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/06/clara-amfo-quits-loreal-campaign-in-support-of-munroe-bergdorf-6907785/#ixzz4sLGIKC8X

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