The New York Times - USA (2020-06-28)

LIFESTYLE RELATIONSHIPS SOCIETY SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020

7 FASHION

Taking on racism

in the industry:

‘This is not a time

for compromise.’

6 MODERN LOVE

A haircut and memories of

dark days. BY BILL EVILLE

10 FIELD NOTES

What weddings could look

like next year. BY ABBY ELLIN

The first weekend in June, Cyré Olivia Cole-

man, 29, a student in Randolph, Mass., did

something that even a month earlier would

have felt like a far-fetched dream: took a

family vacation.

Since March Ms. Coleman hadn’t left her

home, which she shares with her mother,

brother, 4-month-old-daughter and the

father of her child.

“We’ve gotten pretty creative, so we

haven’t gone stir-crazy,” she said. “We put

my daughter into a laundry basket and

splash around with her teething toys. We go

on walks around our neighborhood because

it isn’t so populated.”

By the beginning of June, however, it was

time for an adventure. “We decided that

since we’ve been home all this time we

By ALYSON KRUEGER

It’s Quarancheating Season

Summer has arrived. Can you

trust your loved ones to enjoy

reopenings responsibly?

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J. LONGO

The actor Leslie Jordan on his life, career and

social media fame. Styles Q. and A., Page 2.

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Two days after George Floyd was killed by

the police, Zee Thomas, 15, posted a tweet:

“If my mom says yes I’m leading a Nash-

ville protest.”

Ms. Thomas had never been to a protest,

let alone organized one. And yet five days

later, with the help of five other teenagers,

she was leading a march through her city,

some 10,000 strong.

“We didn’t have a podium or anything, we

were standing on water coolers to speak,”

Ms. Thomas said. “I’m an introvert, and

when I got up there I was like, ‘Oh my God,

what am I doing?’ But I kept going.”

The girls didn’t know it at the time, but in

cities across the country, legions of other

young activists were doing something simi-

lar.

In San Ramon, Calif., Tiana Day, 17, led a

Black Lives Matter protest across the Gold-

en Gate Bridge, after responding to a post

on Instagram from another young woman,

Mimi Zoila, 19. (Ms. Zoila, who is white, had

secured a permit for the protest, but was

looking for someone from the Black com-

munity to lead it. Ms. Day sent her a mes-

sage.) Ms. Day thought “something like 50

people would show up.” There were thou-

sands, stretching for miles.

In Chicago, Shayla Turner, 18, spent part

of her high school graduation week cam-

JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA, VIA SHUTTERSTOCK

Black youths are leading the way to a better

tomorrow. Four talk about their efforts.

By JESSICA BENNETT

Teen Girls

Fighting

For a More

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Tiana Day, 17, of San Ramon, Calif., center, marching across the Golden Gate Bridge this month. “I was never really an activist before,” she said. “But this movement lit a fire in me.”

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