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Pull Up or Shut Up: Milani Cosmetics Wants to Do Better for the Black Community

by Danagvillalobos posted on June 7, 2020

Milani Cosmetics is reflecting on its organization and wants to improve on helping the Black Community.

On June 5, the cosmetic company released a post to Instagram after being asked for more details regarding their Person of Color Breakdown. The brand acknowledges that they can do better with improving diversity and Black representation within their own house. With 63 total employees, 6% are Black, 10% are Asian, 41% are Hispanic/Latino, and 2% are two races or more.

The brand also pledges to reevaluate the companies’ hiring and recruiting practices, ensure that Black influencers continue to be included in diversity, and encourage employees to support one-to-one mentoring relationships with minority youth.

 

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UPDATE: Some of you asked that we provide more details regarding POC breakdown:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Black: 6%⁣⁣ Asian: 10%⁣⁣ Hispanic/Latino: 41%⁣⁣ Two or more races: 2% ⁣ ⁣ From the day Milani was launched, in 2002, we’ve been dedicated to making makeup accessible to all. The Black community has been supporting us since day one and it is more important now than ever that we speak up and give them our continued support. Black Lives Matter. Ending the casual acceptance of systemic racism matters, providing means so Black people get access to equal opportunities and treatments matters.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ The last few days have been an opportunity for us to reflect and look at our organization. The outcome is that WE CAN DO BETTER. We CAN DO BETTER at improving diversity and black representation within our own house. We CAN DO BETTER at supporting the Black community starting with the youth. We CAN DO BETTER at speaking up when we see injustice and supporting the ones that do. We CAN DO BETTER at hiring black talents internally and externally (models, creators, vendors). And WE WILL DO BETTER.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Here’s our pledge to the Black community:⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ • Reevaluate our hiring and recruiting practices with the goal of improving Black representation within our organization ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ • Encourage and sponsor our employees to take part in the Big Brother/Big Sister of America program to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships with minority youth⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ •Ensure Black influencers continue to be included as part of the diversity of our annual Brand Innovation Workshop Day to impact our organization, products, and culture⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ And because we want the Milani community to hold us accountable we will report back on achievements in 6 months.⁣ #pulluporshutup

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The company also announced that it will partner with Givz in supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Customers that shop on the Milani website from June 10-23 will receive a donation credit equal to 10% of their total purchase. All proceeds will go to The National Black Justice Coalition and The Trevor Project.

 

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We believe in #LuxeForAll and celebrate beauty in all shapes and sizes irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, or preferred pronoun 🌈 And because the conversations around racial equality and the battle for the end of casual acceptance of systemic racism of all sorts is not over, we want to continue to make an impact and support the communities that need the most support. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ This is why we are launching another partnership with @getgivz where customers shopping on Milanicosmetics.com from June 10 – 23 will receive a donation credit equal to 10% of their total purchase to benefit the below organizations:⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 The National Black Justice Coalition (@nbjconthemove) is a civil rights organization whose mission is to end racism, homophobia, bias, and stigma toward Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and same-gender-loving people.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🏳️‍🌈 The Trevor Project (@trevorproject) is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25 by offering resources, supportive counseling and a sense of community to LGBTQ young people.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ We are very happy to honor this year’s #PrideMonth and to continue to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community! 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️️ ⁣⁣

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Milani promises to hold themselves accountable and report back their achievements in the next six months. We appreciate that Milani acknowledges their mistakes and wants to continue doing better for their organization.

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