For myself, Pride month has always been a battle of two evils—one: as a business owner, accepting money from larger corporations to promote their pride offerings, keeping my business and my employees/contractors paid. Two: feeling as if Bob Cut is not doing enough to support our minority families during a time of serious transformation. All I can do is try to do my best for the business and do my best for those who look to me for leadership. Though Bob Cut will not be marching peacefully with the Black Lives Matter movement due to COVID-19, our colleagues on the field will (i.e. SFist, SF Chronicle, SF Gate) and will be updating their stories with exclusive information on the city and the protests. But our community is incredibly forward and to honor that we decided to make the best of our sheltered time with activating in the charity space. Here’s what we have planned. For the month of June, Bob Cut will be activating the platform to have a charity, donation, or gifting component to wherever you roam on bobcutmag.com. As a brand, we know that this type of work is not enough. It can never be enough for the years of undocumented hatred, rage, and physical violence to Black and Brown people of color. We hope to see into the future where our brothers and sisters can go through this world and succeed on the same playing field as their white allies. We hope that this work triggers the minds of those who may be on the fence for whatever reason and choose love, progression, and unity over all. Happy June, happy Pride, Black Lives Matter. // Feature photo courtesy of Clay Banks from the Charlotte protests of George Floyd.
