Clicks Protests: Thuli Madonsela applauds Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
Social Justice and Law professor at the University of Stellenbosch and former public protector, Thuli Madonsela has applauded the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, who told her to go to hell during a heated debate about the Clicks shutdown.
On Monday, EFF protested at various Clicks stores across SA after the beauty and health retailer labelled black hair as “dry and damaged” in an online advert.
The former public protector ascribed to the controversial advert as “unconscious bias”.
Thuli Madonsela rebuked the violence and vandalism seen at some stores but commended scores who spoke against it on social media.
At least, 37 Clicks stores were affected by the protests, and seven were damaged, including at Saveways in Witbank and Cycad in Polokwane.
Ndlozi dismissed Madonsela and her “coconut logic,” and said the EFF was exercising its constitutional right to protest and dismissed Madonsela and her “coconut logic”.
He also reprimanded experts for the absence of discipline for racists.
Madonsela then shared a video of women speaking against the racial discrimination of black, natural hair. “This is how young women, using their agency have chosen to tackle the #Clicks #BlackHairMatter. I read their action as a call to #Clicks and others to examine their perceptions of #BlackHair and blackhair women’s beauty,” she captioned the video.
In my view, the #Clicks case #BlackHairMatter,is a textbook case of unconscious bias. Calling it out is great but anarchy and violence undermine the cause. The best and most cerebral response I’ve seen so far is a video by young black women, among them my colleague @Diane_Gahiza
— Prof Thuli Madonsela (@ThuliMadonsela3) September 7, 2020
The call to action to protest and close down stores follows a call by EFF leader Julious Malema after an advert went viral where white women’s hair was labeled as ‘fine, normal and flat’ while pictures of black women’s hair were called ‘dry and damaged’.
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