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Amazon sued for racial discrimination

Amazon Inc is facing a lawsuit in the U.S. for its “systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination.” According to Reuters, a manager working at Amazon.com is sueing the online behemoth, citing the company hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them more slowly than white workers, and that she was subjected to harassment. Profits...

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BFC announces Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee

The British Fashion Council has announced the launch of its Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee as part of its “long-term plan to fight prejudice and discrimination and galvanise the industry into action”. The committee is made up of industry and British Fashion Council representatives and its role will be to address "key challenges...

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Puma brings together ambassadors to discuss racism

Sports company Puma has brought together three of its best-known ambassadors, Formula 1 Champion Lewis Hamilton, Olympian Tommie Smith and football legend Thierry Henry, to have an honest conversation about racism in response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. In the video, entitled “Is Anyone Listening?”, the panel of Puma athletes...

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Off-White launches ‘I Support Young Black Businesses’ initiative

Virgil Abloh and Off-White have announced an ongoing commitment to the Black community with the launch of a quarterly fundraising programme, ‘I Support Young Black Businesses’. The project will raise funds for organisations chosen by Abloh and his team to support the Black community, explained the brand in a press release, by selling items where...

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Tommy Hilfiger commits to diversity with ‘People's Place Program’

American fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger has announced that it is launching a new platform in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, which will seek to advance the representation of Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) working within the fashion and creative industries. Dubbed the ‘People's Place Program’, the initiative takes its...