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Sephora to Shut Down Every U.S. Store For Diversity Training


If you try to swing by your local Sephora on Wednesday, June 5, you’ll be out of luck. The beauty chain announced that they plan to close all of its U.S. stores, distribution centers, and corporate offices for company-wide diversity training. The move comes after R&B singer SZA—a former Sephora employee—tweeted in April that she was racially profiled while shopping in the store’s Calabasas, California, location.

“Lmao Sandy Sephora location 614 Calabasas called security to make sure I wasn’t stealing . We had a long talk. U have a blessed day Sandy,” she tweeted. Sephora’s official Twitter handle responded with an apology: “You are a part of the Sephora family, and we are committed to ensuring every member of our community feels welcome and included at our stores.”

Along with the diversity training, Sephora has also launched a “Belong” initiative with a new tagline, “We Belong To Something Beautiful.”

Courtesy of Sephora

In its new manifesto, Sephora declares that the company “believes in championing all beauty, living with courage, and standing fearlessly together to celebrate our differences.”

Sephora manifesto
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In a statement, CEO Deborah Yeh says that the company is committed to “continued innovation and action for the benefit of our clients, our communities, and our industry.” The diversity training is their first step toward honoring that commitment. “Through this, we’ll look to begin a dialogue with our 16K+ US employees about what inclusivity and values mean to Sephora,” Yeh said. “And we’ll plan to sustain this dialogue with future training moments for our fleet.”

pSZA at the 2018 Met Gala in New Yorkp

SZA at the 2018 Met Gala in New York

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Sephora isn’t the first major U.S. company to take these sorts of measures after a racial incident. Last year, Starbucks closed all of its American stores for a day of racial bias education after a video of two black men being arrested at a Philadelphia location went viral and drew criticism and accusations of racism.

“I’ve spent the last few days in Philadelphia with my leadership team listening to the community, learning what we did wrong and the steps we need to take to fix it,” Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said in a statement at the time. “While this is not limited to Starbucks, we’re committed to being a part of the solution. Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one step in a journey that requires dedication from every level of our company and partnerships in our local communities.”



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'SNL': 'Claire From HR' Gives the 'Weekend Update' Crew Sexual Harassment Training


As we head back to work week—one that will almost certainly feature more sexual harassment allegations, because that’s life in 2017—we can’t stop thinking about Cecily Strong’s newest SNL character, “Claire From HR.”

Claire made her debut on the “Weekend Update” of Saturday’s episode, and she’s freaking exhausted. She’s been working overtime—and picking up lunch from CVS—giving seminars and quizzing workers about what is and is not appropriate behavior in the workplace. “It’s been a crazy week,” she says. “I haven’t been home in three days.”

Claire has a little quiz about that behavior for co-anchor Colin Jost—and the rage simmering beneath the surface of her questions is palpable. Boy, can we relate: Sometimes it all just makes you want to scream. Like when she asks Jost—with a visual aide of a woman in business attire, “You run into your co-worker at the office. Is she, A: Giving you a seductive look that says, ‘Hey come get this?’ B: She said no in the past, but that little skirt is saying, ‘Yes, yes, me horny?’ Or C: She is living her GD life and it has nothing to do with you?” He correctly answers C, to which Claire responds, “YES, LEAVE HER ALONE.”

Jost then asks if she’s mad at him. “Yes, I think I am actually. It’s hard to explain,” she responds.

Yes, yes, yes to this—and it is hard to explain. All of Claire’s reactions are relatable and incredibly hilarious. I mean, the woman is chugging Purel to “cleanse” herself. But even while we laughed as she admonishes, “Yes, your penis never needs to be out of your pants at work,” we couldn’t help but feel pretty sad that the sketch even needs to exist in the first place—and that the points Claire makes actually do need to be explained to certain people.

Even the fictional Claire knows this is only just the beginning: “I will probably be back next week and the week after that forever and ever,” she said. “Because this isn’t just a scandal. It didn’t just start this week. It’s just actual reality for half of the population.”

Watch the entire sketch below:

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For the First Time Ever, the Senate Will Now Require Sexual Harassment Training


In a moment of bipartisan unity on Thursday, the Senate voted unanimously on legislation instituting required sexual harassment training for all senators and aides.

As numerous legislators and aides have come forward to reveal their own experiences with sexual harassment—include Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D–Hawaii), Claire McCaskill (D–Miss.), and Heidi Heitkamp (D–N.D.)—demands for Congress to address how it handles these types of harassment claims grew increasingly vocal. Making the matter seem all the more urgent: the numerous allegations of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood as well as reports that Roy Moore, the Republican candidate in the Alabama Senate race, initiated a sexual encounter with a teenager while he was in his 30s.

“Sexual and workplace harassment is a widespread problem that affects too many women and men in too many places, professions, and industries,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), the lead sponsor of the legislation, said in a statement to Politico. “Everyone deserves to feel safe and comfortable at work, and the passage of this official Senate policy is an important measure to ensure that’s the case in these halls.”

Though the bill will require sexual harassment training, as well as awareness training in regard to discrimination based on race, disability, or religion, the measure does not address how harassment complaints are filed within the legislative body. As it stands currently, individuals must undergo counseling and mediation before they can file a complaint, and over 1,000 former aides for both parties have called for more comprehensive reform.

The House has yet to pass any similar measure, but a hearing is scheduled for next week to address how sexual harassment is handled internally.



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