America's largest black-owned bank says its special edition card shows Harriet Tubman performing a symbol of love and not a salute from the Black Panther movie.
, Teri Williams, president and chief operating officer of OneUnited Bank, said the hand gesture seen used by Tubman is actually sign language for love.
The bank also said Tubman's gesture is a symbol of love in a tweet appearing to respond to the criticism."Harriet Tubman is the ultimate symbol of love—love that causes you to sacrifice everything, including your own life," the bank tweeted."The gesture is the sign language symbol for love. It's so important that we love ourselves."
"Our message...is to be unapologetically black, to fight for social justice, with an end goal to close the racial wealth gap," Williams said.
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