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Prada to Agrees to Promote Diversity Within Company After Blackface Controversy

HeadlineFeb 07, 2020

Luxury fashion brand Prada will work to better promote diversity and cultural sensitivity following massive backlash for selling merchandise that resembled blackface. In 2018, civil rights attorney Chinyere Ezie uploaded a photo on social media that showed the window display of a New York City Prada store filled with figurines that she described as “racist and denigrating blackface imagery.” This is Chinyere Ezie speaking at a press conference in New York City following news of the historic settlement Thursday.

Chinyere Ezie: “Our voices, our outrage, our demands for dignified treatment can and will change the world.”

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