Rep. Keith Ellison Amazon Slams for the sale of merchandise 'Hate Group & # 39;

Prime Day is here, but Amazon is facing a negative reaction to the sale of goods promoted by known hate groups. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday expressing his concerns about the company's revenue from such items.

"I would like to know if Amazon is committed to stop selling all products promoting hateful and racist ideologies," writes Ellison. "For a company whose policy prohibits the sale of" products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or who promote organizations that share these views ", there seems to be a disturbing number of hateful, racist groups, Ellison said that groups Hate had been on the rise since the election of Donald Trump, and Amazon has never managed to prevent hate groups and associated individuals identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) from making money. on his platform. Ellison lists a range of the products in question available on Amazon, including children's toys, clothes and Kindle books.

"The availability of all the material listed in the aforementioned report shows me that Amazon is unwilling voluntarily to apply its own policies against the sale of racist products, or its size does not allow for the same." "In any case, Amazon must immediately stop doing business with groups that promote racist violence."

Earlier this month, Amazon was criticized for not being able to control itself, "Ellison wrote. not having removed the Nazi-themed documents in a timely manner.Object objects depicting hateful symbols like the swastika were found on the Amazon platform, as well as content created by openly racist writers and musicians. 19659002] A report from the Partnership for Working Families and the Action Center on Race and the Economy history to respond slowly – or not at all – to public pressure on this front rather than to effectively prevent hate groups from using its platforms in the first place. "

Amazon removed several articles at once and responded in a statement, The BBC reported that in its letter, Ellison asked about Amazon's revenue from materials made by" groups " identified by the SPLC "and asked for answers before the end of July.