Macy’s faced swift backlash after it referred to performers from a historically black greek life organization as a diverse dance group during its annual thanksgiving parade on thursday macy’s introduced the centennial steppers of the zeta phi beta sorority which was founded at howard university in 1920 in a since deleted tweet that said
What’s that sound you ask why it’s the diverse dance group zeta phi beta steppers according to usa today and the grio the tweet drew swift backlash from users online in a follow-up tweet macy said we loved having at cphibhq an international historically black sorority a spokesperson for macy’s did not
Immediately respond to insider’s request for comment on thursday referring to people of color as diverse is a dangerous step david trout a professor of live rutgers law school wrote in an op-ed in aussie diversity speak has turned me a black human into a diverse person heroed in ozzie adding that referring to
People of color as diverse is a reminder that our presence reflects a racial compromise in which the indirect reference to white identity is embedded in the euphemistic label the macy’s thanksgiving day parade was a television only event with various safety measures in place amid the coronavirus pandemic insiders michelle mark reported the
Parade also included a land acknowledgement ritual for people of native tribes insiders ellen cranley reported
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