A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africa (youtube.com)

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TIL Karen and her cohort of white Irish women took a stand to boycott South African grapefruit, and went on to be visited by Nelson Mandela and others as their small act inspired their nation to be the first Most Developed Nation to fully Boycott and pass Sanctions against South Africa in the struggle against Apartheid.

Video by David Nihill

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[-] Coopr8@kbin.earth 6 points 2 months ago

Dangit, forgot to lead with TIL, ah well

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago

Lemmy is editable titles.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Don’t often see a Karen reference in a positive context.

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