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The EFF has threatened to shut down Clicks stores on Monday if the company does not do so itself.

The EFF has threatened to shut down Clicks stores countrywide on Monday if the company does not do so itself.

In a statement on Sunday, the EFF said that it had written to Clicks with “direct demands in order to remedy their racist act” and had given it 24 hours to respond but was not satisfied by the company’s response, calling it condescending and lacking in remorse.September 6, 2020

 

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