Thursday, June 11, 2020

‘Hang Up The Kente’: Black Writers, Performers Slam Congressional Democrats For Wearing Traditional Textile

Forbes  "Congressional Democrats on Monday unveiled a sweeping police reform bill created in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing⁠—but, before doing so, took a knee in memory of Floyd and other black people who died during police interactions while wearing kente cloth, a traditional patterned textile from Ghana—eliciting backlash from black writers and performers." . . .
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