Imagine signing your children up for a modeling shoot, and expecting to see them in an ad somewhere like in a park or maybe a daycare center. Imagine one day walking down a street in your hometown to find a billboard covering the side of a skyscraper with your daughter's adorable African American face below the words, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”
“Pissed” probably wouldn't describe it. Regardless of your stance on abortion.
“I would never endorse something like that,” Tricia Fraser, mother of six-year-old Anissa, told Fox. “Especially with my child's image. It's bad enough you're saying this about African Americans, but then you put a child with an innocent face. I just want the image off of it.”
It's an advertisement for an anti-abortion group called Life Always, and Rev. Michel Faulkner, a supporter, claims it's not targeted at African American women. Uh ... huh.
“While this billboard causes a visceral reaction from many African Americans, it addresses a stubborn truth that 60 percent of black babies do not make it out of the womb. We must do something now,” said Faulkner, a supporter of Life Always.
The company plans to take the billboard down, but not because the mother is upset. People protesting the billboard have been harassing staff at a nearby restaurant, and the company heard of a possible large-scale protest which would have caused problems for people working and living in the area.
Who says the people have no power?