Don't Rainbow-Wash On My Parade
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
June is Pride Month, the unfortunate time when many corporations claim they support LGBTQ+ people, but also support politicians who actively work against LGBTQ+ rights. It’s not a new phenomenon – even before June, for example, activists called out Disney, which promotes itself as being gay-friendly. We talk about “rainbow washing” with journalist Fran Tirado, and how corporate pride can be done respectfully.
And in headlines: President Biden delivered a prime-time address on guns, today marks 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the White House said it will finally pay its interns.
Show Notes:
Donate to Crooked Media’s Pride Fund – https://crooked.com/pride/
Sign up for Crooked Coffee’s launch on June 21st – http://go.crooked.com/coffee-wad
Journalist Fran Tirado – https://twitter.com/fransquishco
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday June 3rd. I'm Gideon Resinc. |
| 0:07.6 | And I'm Trevelle Anderson and this is what a day, reminding the players participating |
| 0:12.2 | in the NBA Finals to not use basketball as an excuse to fall behind on current events. |
| 0:17.9 | What we were asking everybody on the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors to do is |
| 0:22.1 | to subscribe to Wad. That's it. |
| 0:24.2 | And you would finally get me to watch basketball. |
| 0:26.8 | Two Birds One Stone. We love it. |
| 0:31.4 | On today's show, President Biden gave a prime time address on his plans for gun control. |
| 0:35.8 | Plus we brace ourselves for another new streaming service, but this one CEO has an infamous |
| 0:41.8 | brother. |
| 0:42.5 | But first, June is Pride Month of course, which means we all have to suffer through a host |
| 0:47.2 | of Pride campaigns and corporate inclusion initiatives also known as Rainbow Washing. |
| 0:53.3 | We've all seen it, the calendar turns June 1st and corporations all of a sudden start |
| 0:58.0 | sounding like this. |
| 1:09.0 | So that is actually comedian Meg Stalter. She also stars on the HBO Max show Hacks, which |
| 1:15.2 | you all should check out. |
| 1:16.6 | But it's not far from the truth, right? It's not just a joke. |
| 1:20.0 | Throughout this month, companies put rainbows on as much merch and advertising as possible. |
| 1:25.8 | They might even sponsor a float at a Pride festival. And then during the other 11 months of |
| 1:31.5 | the year, some of them are making donations to the political campaigns of folks who support |
| 1:36.5 | anti-LGBTQ plus agendas. |
| 1:38.8 | Right. And that is especially infuriating because of this past year. For example, we saw |
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