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Pizza Hut facing boycott calls after promoting 'drag kids' book for kindergartners
Pizza Hut is facing fierce condemnation from conservatives and other social media critics for promoting a book about "drag kids" for its "Book It!" reading incentive program.
"Pizza Hut has gone full woke, now we must make them full broke," conservative author Brigitte Gabriel tweeted.
The "Book It!" The website features the book "Big Wig," which is described as a "wonderful read-aloud" book that "celebrates the universal childhood experience of dressing up and the confidence that comes with putting on a costume."
The book is geared towards children in pre-kindergarten up to third grade. The Simon & Schuster website boasts that the "Big Wig" picture book "celebrates drag kids."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/pizza-hut-boycott-calls-drag-kids-book
Gun Violence Up At Highest Levels in 25 Years
During the first year of the pandemic, the number of Americans felled by gun violence reached a level not seen since 1994, a new government report shows.
From 2019 to 2020, the rate of murders involving guns rose by nearly 35%, the highest logged in more than 25 years.
In fact, guns were involved in 79% of all murders and 53% of all suicides in 2020. Along with increases in gun suicide rates among some groups, the racial and ethnic gap in gun violence has only
'Star Wars' calls out racism after attacks on Moses Ingram
The "Star Wars" franchise is sticking up for actor Moses Ingram after she revealed she had received hundreds of racist messages and comments on social media.
The franchise tweeted that it was "proud to welcome" Ingram, who just made her debut as Reva in the Disney+ series "Obi-Wan Kenobi."
"If anyone intends to make her feel in any way unwelcome, we have only one thing to say: we resist," the "Star Wars" account tweeted. "There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don't choose to be a racist."
"It just sickened me to my stomach to hear that this had been happening," McGregor said in the video. "We stand with Moses, we love Moses." "And if you're sending her bullying messages, you're no 'Star Wars' fan in my mind," he added.
Ingram posted multiple examples of racist messages and comments on Instagram, noting that she has received hundreds of messages, some of which included the N-word.
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Pizza Hut facing boycott calls after promoting 'drag kids' book for kindergartners
Pizza Hut is facing fierce condemnation from conservatives and other social media critics for promoting a book about "drag kids" for its "Book It!" reading incentive program.
"Pizza Hut has gone full woke, now we must make them full broke," conservative author Brigitte Gabriel tweeted.
The "Book It!" The website features the book "Big Wig," which is described as a "wonderful read-aloud" book that "celebrates the universal childhood experience of dressing up and the confidence that comes with putting on a costume."
The book is geared towards children in pre-kindergarten up to third grade. The Simon & Schuster website boasts that the "Big Wig" picture book "celebrates drag kids."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/pizza-hut-boycott-calls-drag-kids-book
Gun Violence Up At Highest Levels in 25 Years
During the first year of the pandemic, the number of Americans felled by gun violence reached a level not seen since 1994, a new government report shows.
From 2019 to 2020, the rate of murders involving guns rose by nearly 35%, the highest logged in more than 25 years.
In fact, guns were involved in 79% of all murders and 53% of all suicides in 2020. Along with increases in gun suicide rates among some groups, the racial and ethnic gap in gun violence has only
'Star Wars' calls out racism after attacks on Moses Ingram
The "Star Wars" franchise is sticking up for actor Moses Ingram after she revealed she had received hundreds of racist messages and comments on social media.
The franchise tweeted that it was "proud to welcome" Ingram, who just made her debut as Reva in the Disney+ series "Obi-Wan Kenobi."
"If anyone intends to make her feel in any way unwelcome, we have only one thing to say: we resist," the "Star Wars" account tweeted. "There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don't choose to be a racist."
"It just sickened me to my stomach to hear that this had been happening," McGregor said in the video. "We stand with Moses, we love Moses." "And if you're sending her bullying messages, you're no 'Star Wars' fan in my mind," he added.
Ingram posted multiple examples of racist messages and comments on Instagram, noting that she has received hundreds of messages, some of which included the N-word.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notaboutupod/message
2 hr 4 min