Two popular wedding planning resources, Pinterest and The Knot Worldwide, have both announced plans to no longer promote wedding content and venues that glamorize former slave plantations, according to reporting from Buzzfeed News.
Pinterest and The Knot's decision follows pressure from Color of Change, a California-based civil rights advocacy group, which called for the platforms to stop promoting plantations completely.
Buzzfeed News explains that Color of Change wrote a letter to executives at the Knot Worldwide, as well as Pinterest, urging them to change their current practices. According to the Washington Post, the organization also sent letters to other wedding planning sources, including Martha Stewart Weddings, Zola, and Brides. Read more...
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