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Sat Mar 26, 2022, 07:28 PM Mar 2022

'Momentary lapse in judgment': Chamber of Commerce CEO apologizes for 'mistake'

By Bob Brigham
Published March 26, 2022

The president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a message to staff apologizing for posting a photo to social media that was widely seen as offensive.

In the photo, Suzanne Clark is posing with two white women wearing Native American headdresses.

Ryan Grim, the Washington, DC bureau chief for The Intercept, posted a copy of the photo to Twitter.

https://www.rawstory.com/chamber-of-commerce-clarke/

Hey Clark was the head dress (ie: war bonnet) from lets say from a chief from lets say a Sioux, Crow, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, and Plains Cree here let me post these two articles and then tell everyone which one you like.......no gaslighting now......


https://us.tribaltradeco.com/blogs/teachings/the-significance-of-the-native-american-headdress

https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/native/homepage.htm

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