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Democrats Wearing Kente Cloth Told To ‘Stop Treating Africans Like We’re Children’

9-6-2020 < No Fake News 47 239 words
 











Social media users lashed out at Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers on Monday for turning the death of George Floyd into a PR stunt.






Senior Democratic lawmakers, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer took to the knee wearing traditional African Kente garb in an apparent show of unity against police brutality.





However many have questioned their motives and blasted them for missing the mark.


Breitbart reports: Democrats could be seen kneeling in unison, with most wearing Kente cloth — a special fabric with deep and meaningful origins rooted in West Africa — in a seeming attempt to show further solidarity with the black community. Their attempt, however, appeared to many to fall flat.


“There is more Kente fabric in this picture than at a Ghanaian traditional wedding,” pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha said.





“The DC African-fabric shop is probably now sold out in order to meet the demand of this ridiculous tokenism by Democrat politicians. Dear Africans step aside! #CulturalAppropriation at its worst,” she continued, blasting Democrats for glossing over the importance of the fabric with the Ghanaian identity, specifically:




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