{"id":204,"date":"2020-06-20T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designspun.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2020-06-20T08:30:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:30:50","slug":"issue-005-agitprop-bye-to-racist-cpg-career-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designspun.com\/issue-005-agitprop-bye-to-racist-cpg-career-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 005: Agitprop, Bye to Racist CPG, Career Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<table class=\"pc-email-body\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#f4f4f4\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-email-body-inner\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n          <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n            <v:background xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\" fill=\"t\">\n                <v:fill type=\"tile\" src=\"\" color=\"#f4f4f4\"\/>\n            <\/v:background>\n            <![endif]--><br \/>\n          <!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]>\n\n<table width=\"620\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n\n<tr>\n\n<td width=\"620\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"pc-email-container\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; max-width: 620px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Header 1 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#1B1B1B\" valign=\"top\" style=\"background-color: #1B1B1B; background-position: top center; background-size: cover; background-image: url('https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/Issue-005_Header-q6Y.jpg'); border-radius: 8px\" background=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/Issue-005_Header-q6Y.jpg\">\n                          <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n            <v:rect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\" fill=\"true\" stroke=\"false\" style=\"width: 600px;\">\n                <v:fill type=\"frame\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/Issue-005_Header-q6Y.jpg\" color=\"#1B1B1B\"><\/v:fill>\n                <v:textbox style=\"mso-fit-shape-to-text: true;\" inset=\"0,0,0,0\">\n                    \n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0; 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height: auto; border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;\"><\/a>\n                                        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-xs-h-100\" height=\"36\" style=\"line-height: 1px; font-size: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 0 10px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff;\">Issue 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-xs-fs-30 pc-xs-lh-42 pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 13px 10px 0; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 46px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 800; color: #ffffff\">June 20, 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                                  <!--[if !gte mso 9]><!-->\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                          <!--<![endif]--><br \/>\n                          <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                                            <\/td>\n\n\n                                            \n\n<td width=\"30\" style=\"line-height: 1px; font-size: 1px;\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n\n\n                                        <\/tr>\n\n\n                                        \n\n<tr>\n                                            \n\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"40\" style=\"line-height: 1px; font-size: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n\n\n                                        <\/tr>\n\n\n                                    <\/table>\n\n\n                                <\/td>\n\n\n                            <\/tr>\n\n\n                        <\/table>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                <\/v:textbox>\n            <\/v:rect>\n            <![endif]-->\n                        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Header 1 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 17 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" style=\"padding: 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-35-30 pc-xs-p-25-20\" pc-default-padding=\"40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Progress is usually made incrementally. But at this moment, progress seems to be taking larger strides. It is our collective consciousness willing and fighting for social justice that is changing the world. It is through our conversations, art, side hustles, and vigilance. It is how we channel our designer superpower as communicators. Let\u2019s keep doing the work.<br \/>\n                                  \u270a????\u270a????\u270a????\u270a????\u270a????<\/p>\n<p>Roger<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 17 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">Communication Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/trump-lord-of-lies-G4A.png\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"Poster titled \u201cTrump: Lord of Lies\u201d by Design Is Play\" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\">\n                                  <span style=\"line-height: 34px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #151515\">Agitprop in times of uncertainty<\/span>\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Great art can be born out of great unrest. Anti-government, anti-evil propaganda harnesses the frustration and despair people feel in times of crisis. Mark Fox and Angie Wang (aka <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/designisplay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design Is Play<\/a>) are following up their award-winning \u201c<a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/letterformarchive.org\/news\/mark-fox-and-angie-wang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump 24K Gold-Plated<\/a>\u201d poster with a new series of anti-Trump <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/18\/arts\/design\/the-art-of-politics-in-agitprop-at-the-brooklyn-museum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agitprop<\/a>. The pair have launched a <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/whitelies\/trump-lord-of-the-lies-and-white-lies-matter-posters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> to help fund three posters, \u201cTrump: Lord of the Lies\u201d and a diptych called \u201cWhite Lies Matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From their Kickstarter page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We designed <em>Trump: Lord of the Lies<\/em> to create a succinct mnemonic for Donald Trump\u2019s corruption. Likewise, the <em>White Lies Matter<\/em> diptych crystallizes Donald Trump\u2019s history of rhetorical flirtations with white supremacists. And after he is voted out of office, this work will add to the body of evidence that many Americans can still tell the difference between what is true, and what is false.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Side note: I used Design Is Play\u2019s No Trump symbol in my little anti-Trump agitprop, <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/trumpsbrain.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Inside Trump\u2019s Brain<\/em><\/a>, a single-page website to protest then-candidate Trump.)<\/p>\n<p>Protest art is created all around the world. <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5679885\/hong-kong-protest-art-agitprop-illustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hong Kong-based designers last year made many compelling posters<\/a>. Most take the stance of solidarity in the face of an overbearing and overreaching authority. Hence images that reference the Galactic Empire from Star Wars or homages to Delacroix\u2019s <em>Liberty Leading the People.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Raw defiance gives way to a more hopeful aesthetic from <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/shepard-fairey-releases-we-the-people-series-824468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shepard Fairey\u2019s <em>We the People<\/em> series<\/a> from three years ago. Slogans such as \u201cDefend Dignity\u201d and \u201cWe the Resilient have been here before\u201d adorn striking portraits of people of color. I remember seeing so many of these during the Women\u2019s March in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, Nell Painter highlights a couple of <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/seeing-police-brutality-then-and-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-racist artists from the 1960s<\/a>, photographer Howard L. Bingham who took many pictures of the Black Panther Party, and Emory Douglas:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>More intriguing to me now is the agitprop artwork of Emory Douglas, the B.P.P. Minister of Culture, which was published in the <em>The<\/em> <em>Black Panther<\/em> newspaper and plastered around the Bay Area as posters. Week after week, Douglas\u2019s searing wit visualized the urgency for action, such as this image of children carrying photographs, one that shows police victimizing a child\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">Illustration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/kadir-nelson-fOS.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"Kadir Nelson\u2019s illustration of Black Lives Matter protesters\" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\">\n                                  <span style=\"line-height: 34px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #151515\">Leading the people<\/span>\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadirnelson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kadir Nelson<\/a> has illustrated two powerhouse covers in as many weeks. Also an homage to Delacroix\u2019s painting, his <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/kadir-nelson-cover-artwork-july-2020-1014011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Lives Matter cover for <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> is rich, powerful, strong, and hopeful. Meanwhile, his cover for <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, called \u201c<a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cover-story\/cover-story-2020-06-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Say Their Names<\/a>,\u201d is dark, somber, and rightfully a gut punch.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">Corporate Wokeness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/aunt-jemima-Nhu.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"Close-up of Aunt Jemima packaging\" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\">\n                                  <span style=\"line-height: 34px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #151515\">Racist CPG characters are finally retired<\/span>\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>The sudden awakening in corporate America caused by the anti-racism protests sweeping the country is welcome, but surprising. What took them so long?! On Wednesday, <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/adage.com\/article\/cmo-strategy\/aunt-jemima-retire-brands-image-and-name\/2262471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PepsiCo announced that they would be retiring the 130-year-old pancake syrup brand Aunt Jemima<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After that, three other brands fell quickly: <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/agencies\/uncle-bens-to-change-visual-brand-identity-following-aunt-jemima-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uncle Ben\u2019s rice<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2020\/06\/17\/mrs-butterworths-syrup-packaging-review-aunt-jemima-racial-bias\/3209566001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mrs. Butterworth\u2019s syrup<\/a>, and <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/cream-wheat-re-examines-packaging-ensure-it-doesn-t-inadvertently-n1231407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cream of Wheat porridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/mia-land-olakes-iconic-indigenous-woman-departs-packaging-mixed-reactions-180974760\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Native American woman who adorned the Land O\u2019 Lakes<\/a> butter packaging was thankfully retired earlier this year. When are we going to see pro sports teams like the Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins, or Kansas City Chiefs follow suit?<\/p>\n<p>And while most organizations are trying to be racially sensitive, the Trump campaign is leaning into being culturally <em>insensitive<\/em>. The campaign ran close to 90 ads on Facebook with anti-Antifa messaging. <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90518919\/yes-the-trump-campaign-used-a-nazi-symbol-in-its-ads-heres-what-it-means?partner=feedburner&#038;utm_source=feedly&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feedburner+fastcompany&#038;utm_content=feedburner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The ads featured an inverted red triangle<\/a>, which the Nazis used in concentration camps to identify political prisoners who had to wear these symbols on their uniform sleeves.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">Designer Wokeness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/uva-cavaliers-XbL.jpeg\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"New UVA Cavaliers logo with insensitive imagery\" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\">\n                                  <span style=\"line-height: 34px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #151515\">Empathy is our greatest responsibility. Empathy is a myth.<\/span>\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Who knows if the designer(s) behind Trump\u2019s Antifa ads understood the cultural sensitivities about the red triangle. But as designers, we have that responsibility to be culturally-aware. The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, recently partnered with Nike to redesign the brand identity for their sports teams, known as the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.core77.com\/posts\/100270\/A-Lesson-for-Designers-When-a-Logo-Redesign-References-Slavery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rain Noe writes in <em>Core77<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The unknown designer(s) of the new logo added facets to the V, and added a wavy handle grip to the sabers\u2026\u201d to mimic the serpentine walls\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There was also a serpentine pattern as part of the visual identity. The serpentine walls referenced are eight feet tall. Jefferson designed them to separate the students from the enslaved. They were high so that students didn\u2019t have to see them while attending school.<\/p>\n<p>After some online backlash, the design was refined to remove those serpentine details.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/giveadose.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give A Dose<\/a> is a website where people are invited to dialogue, which is the best way to gain another perspective. It allows designers, and anyone for that matter, to share their stories, listen to others, and check their biases.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/uxdesign.cc\/design-has-an-empathy-problem-white-men-cant-design-for-everyone-4eef12f0f2bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Weaver argues that design empathy is a myth<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The idea that anyone can design for anyone else gives license for designers to believe that they have some special ability to objectively understand another person. As Design Thinking has spread, more and more companies take this as a justification to ignore the diversity of their teams. After all, with Design Thinking, even mostly white mostly male design teams can design for anyone on the planet simply by \u201cempathizing\u201d with them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The problem is that this is bullshit. \u201cDesign empathy\u201d is a myth. It doesn\u2019t actually exist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>In reality, you can never truly understand another person\u2019s lived experience. Even if they closely resemble you, it can still be a challenge, let alone if they are of a different race, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ve written a few times about accessibility here before (see issues <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/debut-issue-tiktok-a-symbol-for-everyone-and-staying-inspired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">001<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/issue-002-visualizing-the-toll-of-covid-logo-trends-of-2020-upping-your-zoom-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">002<\/a>), and <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/alistapart.com\/article\/building-the-woke-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olu Niyiawosusi says in <em>A List Apart<\/em><\/a> that inclusion and social justice are also intertwined with making the web more accessible.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But wokeness is not the end state, it\u2019s the beginning of a journey. All the tenets of intersectional feminism, web accessibility, and diversity and inclusion are inextricably tied up in making the web a better place, for all and by all. Access to the internet is essential. Staying woke, and acting on that wokeness, is what will lead us to a better internet for everyone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #000000; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">Inspiration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/Jennifer-Nikcole-Pope-c9J.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"Illustration by Jennifer Nikole Pope\" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #ffffff\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Society6 curates <a style=\"color: #fff;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.society6.com\/50-must-follow-black-artists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50 Black artists to follow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Illustration by <a style=\"color: #fff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jennikcole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jennifer Nikole Pope<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">Career Advice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/kelly-sikkema-v9FQR4tbIq8-unsplash-q0V.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"Close-up of UX designer at work\" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\">\n                                  <span style=\"line-height: 34px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #151515\">So you want to be a UX designer?<\/span>\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>It\u2019s June, and a new wave of design school graduates have hit the job market. As you venture into the workforce, here are a few things that may help you out.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/uxdesign.cc\/how-to-get-a-job-as-a-ux-product-designer-72dad9928c65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>How to get a job as a UX\/Product Designer?<\/strong><\/a> A peek behind the scenes on how companies hire.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolofux.com\/blogs\/blog\/ux-design-job-boards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>UX design job boards<\/strong><\/a>. A list of design job boards, more focused on UX.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/thatbook.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>That Portfolio Book<\/strong><\/a>. A mixed-media \u201cbook\u201d that teaches you how to create a successful portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/uxdesign.cc\/nobody-told-me-ux-would-be-like-this-2fa8a30b7a84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nobody told me UX would be like this<\/strong><\/a>. The beginning of <em>any<\/em> career is never as rosy as you thought it might be from the outside. This article prepares you for the inevitable downs you\u2019ll face as a designer.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by <a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelly Sikkema<\/a> on Unsplash)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n                            <\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\">\n                                  <span style=\"line-height: 34px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #8338ec\">What Else?<\/span>\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"0\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #707070\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/brandnew\/archives\/introducing_the_brand_new_podcast_the_follow-up.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Introducing the Brand New Podcast: The Follow-up!<\/strong><\/a>. Brand New has a podcast! I\u2019m in.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/nothing-typical-about-this-years-political-ad-market-as-crises-continue-forecasts-predict-higher-than-ever-political-ad-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u2018Nothing typical about this year\u2019s political ad market\u2019: As crises continue forecasts predict higher than ever political ad spending<\/strong><\/a>. Gird your loins for a blitzkrieg of political ads this coming election. $15 billion worth.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.typography.com\/blog\/introducing-operator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Introducing Operator<\/strong><\/a>. Hoefler&#038;Co. are back with a new typeface inspired by typewriters. Watch the four-minute film. That monospaced script looks yummy!<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/6\/17\/21293996\/siri-iphone-shortcut-pulled-over-police-starts-recording-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u2018Hey Siri, I\u2019m getting pulled over\u2019 shortcut makes it easy to record police<\/strong><\/a>. If you\u2019re getting pulled over, activate this iPhone Shortcut to turn down your music and start recording.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/apples-wwdc-will-be-one-of-its-most-important-in-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Apple\u2019s WWDC will be one of its most important in years<\/strong><\/a>. Apple may announce the shift from Intel chips to their own on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Content 9 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#3a86ff\" style=\"padding: 16px 24px 24px; background-color: #3a86ff; border-radius: 8px\" pc-default-class=\"pc-sm-p-25-30-35 pc-xs-p-15-20-25\" pc-default-padding=\"30px 40px 40px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.4px; color: #ffffff\">One More Thing\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/designspun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/issues\/005_20200620\/mit-study-CzV.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"\" alt=\"A classic optical illusion \" style=\"border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: 0; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; display: block; height: auto; color: #151515; border-radius: 6px; max-width: 100%;\">\n                                <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"16\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.2px; color: #ffffff\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>I\u2019m not sure if they genuinely found an answer, but <a style=\"color: #fff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/a32905285\/classic-optical-illusion-contrast-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">researchers at MIT have a better understanding of how this basic optical illusion works<\/a>. Hint: It\u2019s our eyes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Content 9 --><br \/>\n                  <!-- BEGIN MODULE: Footer 2 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-sm-p-31-20 pc-xs-p-15-10-25\" style=\"padding: 31px 30px; background-color: #1B1B1B; border-radius: 8px\" bgcolor=\"#1B1B1B\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-fb-font\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; font-family: 'Work Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 10px; color: #D8D8D8;\" valign=\"top\">Made with ???? in California. <a style=\"color: #d8d8d8;\" href=\"mailto:editor@designspun.com\">Send jeers and cheers my way.<\/a><br \/>If you liked this, <a style=\"color: #d8d8d8;\" href=\"%FORWARD2FRIEND%\">please consider forwarding this email to a friend.<\/a> ????<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pc-sm-h-20\" height=\"0\" style=\"line-height: 1px; font-size: 1px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                  <!-- END MODULE: Footer 2 --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"24\" style=\"font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>          <!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]><\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n\n<![endif]-->\n        <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Issue 5 June 20, 2020 &nbsp; Progress is usually made incrementally. But at this moment, progress seems to be taking larger strides. It is our collective consciousness willing and fighting for social justice that is changing the world. It is through our conversations, art, side hustles, and vigilance. 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