Spanish riot: stamps against racism, but whitest stamp the most expensive | Abroad

“The darker the stamp, the less valuable.” With these words, the postal company introduces the anti-racism campaign in a press release. “So more dark than white stamps will be needed to send something. Each letter and package thus becomes a reflection of the inequality created by racism.”

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But no matter how good the intentions were, the campaign misses the mark. “The intention was good,” Moha Gerehou, he wrote a book about racism in Spain, tells The Washington Post. But because these kinds of campaigns are still too often made by white people, he says, “it is no coincidence that the well-intentioned anti-racism campaign ends up being racist.”

The company is also gaining traction on social media. “Accidentally racist,” commented one user. Correos said on Twitter that the campaign aims to raise awareness for “an unfair and painful reality that should not exist”.

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