Sandy
03-31-2021, 10:45 PM
General Motors CEO Mary Barra will meet with a group of seven Black-owned media leaders on Thursday following charges of racism against the automotive executive.
The group of executives published a full-page ad in the Detroit Free Press on Sunday, calling Barra racist for allegedly refusing to take a meeting with them.
"We were seriously offended watching you stand on stage, after the death of George Floyd, saying, "Black Lives Matter," when you have refused to acknowledge us and you have consistently, over time and after multiple requests, refused to take a meeting with the largest Black Owned Media companies in America," the open letter reads. "Mary, the very definition of systemic racism is when you are ignored, excluded and you don't have true economic inclusion."
In addition, the executives claim that General Motors spends less than 0.5% of its advertising dollars on Black-owned media.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/gm-ceo-mary-barra-to-meet-with-black-media-leaders-pushes-back-against-character-assault
The group of executives published a full-page ad in the Detroit Free Press on Sunday, calling Barra racist for allegedly refusing to take a meeting with them.
"We were seriously offended watching you stand on stage, after the death of George Floyd, saying, "Black Lives Matter," when you have refused to acknowledge us and you have consistently, over time and after multiple requests, refused to take a meeting with the largest Black Owned Media companies in America," the open letter reads. "Mary, the very definition of systemic racism is when you are ignored, excluded and you don't have true economic inclusion."
In addition, the executives claim that General Motors spends less than 0.5% of its advertising dollars on Black-owned media.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/gm-ceo-mary-barra-to-meet-with-black-media-leaders-pushes-back-against-character-assault