Protesters in Atlanta called for the removal of a new ad campaign in their neighborhood last week, which they are calling racist.
The ad in question, sponsored by Minnesota based ProLife Across America, reads “Dad’s Princess,” next to the picture of a black baby girl. Nikema Williams, of Planned Parenthood, told local WXIA that the ads were just an attempt by the pro life organization to shame women and their choices.
“Just coming in and telling a community what they want or need, which is what the people who put these billboards up are doing, is not the way to go. We should bring the community together and talk about issues,” Williams told the television station.
Similar outrage followed the same ad’s placement in a Memphis neighborhood last month, with various groups calling for its removal.
A local pastor, Earle Fisher, claimed the ad suggested black men should tell women how to control their bodies because black women can’t do it themselves.
“To use black men like me to facilitate the erasure of black women like my wife and others from the conversation about their own bodies is not only propaganda, it’s pathetic and repulsive,” he told Raycom News Network.
On its website, ProLife Across America calls itself “The Billboard People,” and claims to be a non-profit, non-political organization.
The group has billboards in 44 states and across Canada, and is supported solely by donations from supporters.
Here are a few of their other billboards that aren’t considered racist:
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