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As protests over police killings continue, hundreds of workers at Microsoft are calling for the company to cut ties with law enforcement customers and do more to show its commitment to anti-racism efforts.In an email obtained by the tech publication OneZero, Microsoft workers called for the company to pull its contracts with the Seattle police department and other law enforcement groups, as well as to support defunding and demilitarizing the Seattle police department and encourage more donations to groups doing anti-racist work. The letter begins by describing days of nonstop police presence and disrupti stanley cup on. Every passing day, we feel that our fellow coworker stanley cup s, managers, and leaders who live miles away outside of Seattle are severely disconnected to the violent reality thousands of people have been facing every single day since last Saturday. 24/7 helicopter noise, teargassing, flashbanging, rubber bullets, gun shots, and vans/buses filled with armed law enforcement, the letter reads. As if Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday night was not enough, once again our streets and homes have been filled with gas. Earlier in the day, a man drove his car into a crowd full of protestors and shot a protestor who was trying to stop him. He immediately fled to SPD who then politely escorted him to the precinct. Thousand stanley cup s of protesters continue to Pknn Nearly half of young Americans say climate change is a crisis requiring urgent action
It appeared rapper Cardi B deleted her Instagram Saturday after responding to criticis airmax m from rapper and singer Azealia Banks. On Friday, during an interview with Power 105.1 s The Breakfast Club, Banks spoke about the state of female rap, bringing up Cardi B in the process and calling her illiterate, untalented rat and referring to her as a caricature of a black woman. It s very concerning to me that this conversation surrounding black women changes from... I feel like two years ago, the conversation surrounding black women s culture was really reaching an all-time high, referring to the conversation sparked by Beyonce s Lemonade. Banks continued then everything just kind of changed a stanley cup nd then it was like Cardi B. I want receipts : Cardi B goes viral asking about her tax dollarsAfter being questioned by radio host Charlamagne Tha God about whether or not the conversation grew since Lemonade, Banks disagreed. I m just talking about this caricature of a black woman that black women themselves would never be able to get away with. Like, if my spelling and grammar was that bad, I d be canceled. mizuno If Nicki Minaj spelled like that, we would be ragging on her all day, Banks said. Cardi B caught wind of Banks comments and responded via her Instagram account with a lengthy post saying ...I ve never dismissed my heritage or my culture, I ve never pretended to sound like anyone or look like anyone for attention.... You think you re advoc