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Jocelyn Frye

Jocelyn Frye is President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a national, non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., founded in 1971 as the Women's Legal Defense Fund. Before leading the organization she was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy and Special Projects for the First Lady in the Obama administration. She had earlier served as the National Partnership's General Counsel.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Jocelyn Frye on Racism and Sexism. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Jocelyn Frye

Jocelyn Frye

Role at the time: President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, in a statement of support released by Higher Heights for America

Condemned

Statement summary

National Partnership for Women & Families president Jocelyn Frye said racist, hate-filled language targeting Black women has no place in legitimate political discourse.

“Racist, hate-filled language targeting Black women has no place in any legitimate political discourse.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS STAND UNITED AGAINST RACIST AND MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS ON BLACK WOMEN LEADERSSection "Organization and Leadership Statements of Support", statements from individual leaders
Why we used this label

The case's reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Frye says racist, hate-filled language targeting Black women has no place in any legitimate political discourse. Her statement speaks in general terms and appears in a release about Loomer's language, so we labeled it Condemned.

Read statementLaura Loomer’s remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics

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