Fast Company New study shows what your community needs to do to survive the impact of automation

From: Fast Company - Wednesday Feb 13, 2019 03:43 pm

New study shows what your community needs to do to survive the impact of automation

February 13, 2019

Good morning!

Black History Month has not gone well this year. It began with Virginia's top state officials confessing to wearing blackface in the 1980s. And several fashion houses--most recently Katy Perry's--have released products that appeared to depict blackface as well.

It seems like the right time to revisit the work of Patrick Kelly, a black designer who rose to prominence in the 1980s and was the first American to be admitted to the prestigious governing body of the French fashion industry, the Chambre Syndicale. This week, while delving into Kelly's history, I was surprised to find that Kelly chose to use a blackface character as his logo. In contrast to the casual, thoughtless representations of blackface we've seen this month, Kelly's decision to appropriate this racist symbol was part of his brave effort to advance the conversation about race.

Kelly tragically passed away in 1990, at the age of 35. But I wonder what he'd think about this moment of racial tension we are living in right now. Have we made any progress at all when it comes to talking about race? Read more.

—L iz Segran

Rediscovering Patrick Kelly, the designer who made blackface his brand Patrick Kelly’s contributions to fashion history aren’t well known, but his work is more relevant than ever.

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Taxing empty apartments could ease the housing crisis

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It’s time to awaken the humanity in business