A store Marc Jacobs, in Los Angeles, was vandalized during protests against racism. The store's facade was spray-painted with the name of George Floyd, a black man whose recent murder by a police officer in Minnesota was the trigger for demonstrations in the United States, and that of Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a police station cell in 2015.
But the designer is aware that regretting the loss is not the priority at the moment. “A life cannot be replaced. Black lives matter,” he wrote in an Instagram post recording the damage to the store last weekend.
In a post on another profile, Jacobs made it clear what he actually considers violence by sharing a blunt message: “Never let them convince you that broken glass or property is violence. Hunger is violence. Not having a place to live is violence. War is violence. Throwing bombs at people is violence.”
“White supremacy is violence,” he continues. “Not having health insurance is violence. Poverty is violence. Contaminating water sources to make a profit is violence.”
