“Posting an image of cotton—especially when your business serves a large Black demographic—shows a shocking lack of awareness.'
Vice President Kamala Harris and many others walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge commemorating the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday voting rights march in 1965, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Selma, Ala. The Selma Times-Journal is facing criticism after an employee changed the publication’s Facebook cover photo to a bale of cotton.
“There was no ill intent meant by the image. However, it was a mistake for the image to be published like this without context. It was not meant to imply something controversial or in bad taste, but it was nevertheless inappropriate. I regret that the image was posted, and I apologize on behalf of the Times-Journal staff for any harm that this has caused. We will learn from this and do better in the future.
Selma is a majority Black city, with Black people comprising 80 percent of the population according to figures from the 2020 census. Most commenters were displeased with the post given the racist history and connotations around cotton because of chattel slavery.
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