Thread by @LarryPortelance

It bothers me to no end to see a senior LUSH brand person post stuff about dismantling white supremacy when I had an incident w/ them over Indigenous Rights & the impact of LUSH’s white supremacy on Indigenous Ppl. That incident ended up affecting my career progression at LUSH.

That senior LUSH person also showed us a training video about how anti-oxidants work and it had problematic imagery of “cowboys and ‘indians’” and they seemed completely oblivious.

It was very upsetting and they seem not concerned at all when I pointed it out.

I was in a particularly fragile mood b/c only weeks before being at this brand & product training my family just found out Nicheemit (my Cousin) Christine Wood was no longer a missing Indigenous Woman rather was a murdered Indigenous Woman.

It was clear to me that this brand person didn’t like me. So when they kept interrupting me as I delivered a practice training session I lost my words. Anyone who knows me would know that is rare. I started to sob and as I looked around the room i noticed how white the space was.

I felt bullied and attacked all because I chose to toe the line at @lushcosmetics who likes to talk a big game about social justice but seems to fall extremely short on the social justice issue of our time in canada.

Reconciliation with Indigenous People.

So here we are and I see that senior brand person for LUSH trying to score the brand social justice points over the ongoing and supremely tragic #GeorgeFloyd situation.

But I see you @lushcosmetics.

And so will anyone I share my story with.

Please read this @lushcosmetics.

Hey @lushcosmetics. Here are the analytics of this twitter essay.

Some former and current employees are reaching out and asking how they can support or asking questions.

Also please read this @gwbrown. I have a funny feeling you’re unaware.

That or you don’t care and want to protect your senior brand and product expert.

Hey @TheAgentNDN. O please read ead this story about @lushcosmetics and how their senior brand and product expert put their boot on my face for daring to challenge them on the colonial nature of their anti-fur trade campaign.

Hey @lushcosmetics & @gwbrown. Here are the analytics of the 1st tweet of this twitter essay.

What’s your campaign for #Indigenous Ppl this #nationalindigenousday going to look like?

One idea is that all manu/distro floors should have at least one person F/T from host nations.

Good morning @lushcosmetics & @gwbrown!

Check out the analytics this morning for this twitter essay.

5,020 impressions AND counting.

Imagine if I was on your team instead of angry about how your brand/product person reacted to me pointing out white colonial supremacy to them.

Any thoughts @heatherbnever or @padraic_ryan?

As lead recruiters at @lushcosmetics you two have a very important role in cultivating the people/culture at #LUSH.

Between my twitter posts & comments I’ve read on FB & IG one has to wonder about you two & your personal values.

Hey @lushcosmetics and influential people there like @gwbrown, @heatherbnever, @padraic_ryan and others.

My stories are gaining traction in the #Indigenous activist world.

Your brand is being damaged quite a bit and y’all are being supremely quiet.

Care to chime in?