VIOLA DAVIS REJECTS TARGET’S APOLOGY OVER “BLACKFACE” HALLOWEEN COSTUME. (PHOTO).

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  Viola Davis Rejects Target’s Apology Over “Blackface” Halloween Costume Viola Davis has rejected Target’s apology after the retailer pulled a controversial kids’ Halloween costume that critics said evoked racist minstrel and blackface imagery. Target removed the $25 "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown" costume from its Hyde and EEK! Boutique line after backlash over the design’s exaggerated features, which many linked to Jim Crow-era minstrel and blackface tropes. The retailer took down the item and issued an apology, saying they “got this wrong” and acknowledging the deep hurt caused to Black customers and employees. Davis, however, turned down the apology. She argued that Target failed to grasp the historical weight and dehumanizing impact of the imagery. “...I do not believe that you understand the impact... the pain... the dehumanization of the above,” Davis said, adding that the incident showed the company was “not on her side” and that such imagery contribu...

NIGERIA: DUCHESS OF CORNWALL IS NOW THE NEW PATRON OF MIRABEL CENTRE IN NIGERIA,A CENTRE THAT DEALS WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT.{PHOTOS}.#CONGRATULATIONS.

The Duchess of Cornwall has today become Patron of Mirabel Centre, a Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Nigeria that provides medical and psychosocial support to survivors of sexual violence.


Founded in 2013 by Itoro Eze-Anaba, Mirabel Centre is Nigeria’s first Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) and to date has provided free support services to over 6,450 survivors.


The Duchess said: 


“I am delighted to become Patron of the Mirabel Centre in Lagos.  It is a truly trailblazing organisation, supporting survivors of rape and sexual assault as they seek healing and justice.


“Their vital work means that women need no longer suffer in silence and I am deeply grateful to all Mirabel’s wonderful staff and volunteers”.  


The Duchess of Cornwall has visited shelters and support centres around the world and in 2020 became Patron of the UK domestic abuse charity, SafeLives. 

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