Nancy Pelosi called out for ‘not caring about the African part of African-American’

Sky News host Paul Murray says US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been “called out” after wearing traditional Ghanaian patterns during an announcement of new policing laws amid growing race tensions in the US.Ms Pelosi and fellow House Democrats took a knee for close to nine minutes in solidarity with George Floyd who died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer after he stood on Mr Floyd’s neck for a similar time period.Speaker Pelosi said when announcing the new legislation “this moment of anguish is being transformed into a movement of national action” while wearing – along with her colleagues – scarves with traditional African patterns.However, Speaker Pelosi was “called out for that rubbish” by African author Obianuju Ekeocha for the use of the patterns who said Ms Pelosi was using the material to “signal your virtue”.Mr Murray said the speaker received push back for an “unnecessary attempt to pretend they were in unison with the African American population while not really caring about the African part of African American”.Image: AP