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...

ALL ORIGINAL ASSETS OF ALVAN IKOKU FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION (AIFUE) BE RETURNED - GOVERNOR UZODIMMA ORDERS.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE


ALL ORIGINAL ASSETS OF ALVAN IKOKU FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION (AIFUE) BE RETURNED - GOVERNOR UZODIMMA ORDERS 


The Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has instructed that all original assets of Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education (AIFUE) be returned to the institution. 

This decision comes after the members of Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education (AIFUE) Lands Recovery's recommendation to restore the assets in line with the institution's new status. 

He commended members of the committee for their painstaking contributions in arriving at the report and recommendations. 

The Governor reiterated his administration's commitment to the implementation of the 3R Mantra, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Recovery for the well-being of Ndi Imo, the development of the State, and the Recovery of the commonwealth stolen by inconsiderate politicians. 

Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe, disclosed that past administrations demolished 101 buildings belonging to the staff of the college and confiscated their properties. 

He further recommends the recovery of all the lands belonging to AIFUE, with the institution taking full possession of the vacated property and the institution compensating the original landowners, the Orji indigenes while the Army vacates the shanties erected in the land.
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