Showing posts with label my black is beautiful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my black is beautiful. Show all posts

9839: BHM 2012—My Black Is Beautiful.


According to the Library of Congress, Black Women in American Culture and History is the official 2012 theme for Black History Month. Oddly enough, the My Black is Beautiful campaign doesn’t appear to recognize it.

9779: BHM 2012—WWW.


Black History Month presents patronizing via social media. Ronald McDonald woos with 365Black® while Colonel Sanders counters with KFC360ยบ. AT&T parties for 28 Days and Allstate pushes its Beyond February Program. The Few and The Proud salute Montford Point Marines while American Airlines flies with BlackAtlas. Verizon is Celebrating Your Story as Procter & Gamble proclaims My Black Is Beautiful, a copycat effort that inspired more copycats like Pepsi We Inspire and Pine-Sol Powerful Women. Not sure whatever happened to the Budweiser Great Kings and Queens of Africa.