{"id":238823,"date":"2020-02-14T11:45:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T16:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/harriet-tubman-debit-card-under-fire-due-to-wakanda-forever-pose"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T16:45:42","slug":"harriet-tubman-debit-card-under-fire-due-to-wakanda-forever-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/harriet-tubman-debit-card-under-fire-due-to-wakanda-forever-pose","title":{"rendered":"Harriet Tubman Debit Card Under Fire Due to &#039;Wakanda Forever&#039; Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-144001\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.0201748487\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.6488269795\">\n<section id=\"cb-a5f0e63f45245c2ea245a5bfec909c90\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Harriet-Tubman-Debit-Card-Under-Fire-Due-to-039Wakanda-Forever039-Pose.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">OneUnited Bank<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9c6d0dbcc42722214779364f5dab6e84\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p><strong>Harriet Tubman<\/strong>\u2018s image on a debit card would stir plenty of debate \u2014 but Harriet Tubman doing the \u201cWakanda Forever\u201d pose on that card is really pissing off a lot of people.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a0c72ba174758a2db42f54dafb0b85db\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>OneUnited Bank \u2014 which says it\u2019s America\u2019s largest black-owned bank \u2014 announced the limited edition card Thursday \u2026 in honor of Black History Month. The image on the card shows Harriet making fists, with her arms crossed over her chest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bcc52e2d9e3959c7c7685c68dea6d9ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>It\u2019s the pose that was popularized in the movie, \u201cBlack Panther\u201d a couple years ago. Y\u2019know \u2026 the gesture of solidarity for all citizens of the fictional African nation of Wakanda.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-35d1e486d8f4a0df398ec9aeba722324\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581697489_897_Harriet-Tubman-Debit-Card-Under-Fire-Due-to-039Wakanda-Forever039-Pose.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Alamy<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8cd3675a046c9c4d6261d6e33aa408b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Despite the fact OneUnited is black-owned, the bank got dragged online, almost immediately after announcing the card. Most of the hate ripped the bank for making a buck off Tubman\u2019s image and pandering to black customers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bf419b2fc33fb9617c6b55484eca6808\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-bf419b2fc33fb9617c6b55484eca6808-716200074-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"27.9934210526\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.11184210526\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bank commodifies the image of a commodified woman who fought against the commodification of people<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kimmylea (@Kimmylea4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kimmylea4\/status\/1228250241813495808?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">February 14, 2020<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kimmylea4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Kimmylea4<\/a>\n          <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0e2e58757e7ecbc3a5b55fdfe2ae94e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"32\">\n<p>There\u2019s just one problem with all the outrage \u2014 Harriet\u2019s NOT shouting out King T\u2019Challa on the card. Not according to OneUnited Bank \u2026 which says the gesture is American Sign Language for love.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-902979e955d7cf01d45bd0ebb20889b5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>They ain\u2019t lying \u2026 that is ASL for love, although that fact is probably lost on millions of Marvel movie fans. Of course, that doesn\u2019t address the \u201ccashing in\u201d criticism.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/14\/harriet-tubman-debit-card-wakanda-forever-oneunited-bank\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/harriet-tubman-debit-card-under-fire-due-to-wakanda-forever-pose\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OneUnited Bank Harriet Tubman\u2018s image on a debit card would stir plenty of debate \u2014 but Harriet Tubman doing the \u201cWakanda Forever\u201d pose on that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}