“Pinkwashing” has become a familiar ritual every October, from NFL football players donning pink gloves to gun shops selling pink guns, all in the name of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A sizable industry has cropped up around the cause of “awareness.” And police departments are taking pinkwashing to a new, sometimes tone-deaf level.
Pinkwashing Police Celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Pink Handcuffs And Jail Cells
Aviva Shen, Think Progress
Thu, 10/08/2015 - 9:15am
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