Progressive Insurance Agency is dropping it's relationship with Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency in Millinocket, Maine for posting a racist sign on Juneteenth that received nationwide backlash. Dr. Rashad Richey and Dina Sayegh Doll discuss on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below.
Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/maine-insurance-agency-faces-online-backlash-after-racist-juneteenth-sign.html
"An insurance agency in Millinocket, Maine, is facing online backlash after a photo circulated on Facebook of a sign taped to the business’s door on Monday saying, “Juneteenth ~it’s whatever... We’re closed. Enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens.”
The image of the sign at the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency, an affiliate of national insurer Progressive, was originally shared by a Facebook user named Alura Stillwagon, with the caption, “The racism in Millinocket is real.” The original post has been shared more than 200 times, though a similar post by a different user has been shared more than 10,000 times.
“I’m not angry. Anger gets you nowhere. I’m just deeply, deeply disappointed,” another Facebook user, Ken Anderson, commented on the post. “In this business, in the companies that let this business broker their products, and in the town of Millinocket, in the state of Maine, and the whole damn country. Deeply disappointed. Why? Because I know we can do better. But we’re not trying. And that’s the part that cuts deepest.”"
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