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In June 2020, a number of former employees came forward on Twitter to call out what they saw as hypocrisy on the part of the website's leadership, especially when it came to matters of race and diversity.<ref> https://www.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/11/media/refinery29-workplace-culture/index.html</ref> This happened after Refinery29 swapped the colors of its website, going from its usual jewel-tone to the Black Lives Matter movement's signature black.
  
 
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[[Category:Black Racism in Fashion]]
 
[[Category:Black Racism in Fashion]]

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Refinery29 (R29) is an American multinational digital media and entertainment website focused on young women founded by Philippe von Borries, Justin Stefano, Piera Gelardi, Christene Barberich in 2005.[1] The company headquarters is located in the Financial District, Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. As of 2017, Refinery29 reaches an audience of over 500 million globally.[2]

On October 2, 2019, Vice Media announced that it would acquire Refinery29. The deal, worth a reported $400 million, values the combined company at $4 billion.[3]

Controversy

In June 2020, a number of former employees came forward on Twitter to call out what they saw as hypocrisy on the part of the website's leadership, especially when it came to matters of race and diversity.[4] This happened after Refinery29 swapped the colors of its website, going from its usual jewel-tone to the Black Lives Matter movement's signature black.

Reference