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Users Push Back On Racially Charged Etsy Merchandise

From theGrio

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The popular craft site Etsy, where users can sell their homemade wares directly to buyers, has come under fire for

allowing some sellers to hock merchandise with racially charged imagery
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A woman named Raquel Mack has translated her personal outrage against Etsy’s decision to sell Mammies, Sambos, and more into action. Having started a Change.org petition demanding the Etsy halt the sale of such items, she points out in the wording that these sales violates the company’s anti-discrimination policy – and that the NAACP has already confronted the company over the issue.

Read more at theGrio.

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