<div>Over ONE MILLION people have witnessed what happened to me on Instagram, and saw a little bit of themselves in me...
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<div>My name is Charles T. Kellam. I am a Designer, an Inventor and an Entrepreneur. I was racially profiled, harassed, and stalked by the Sales Manager of Nordstrom Scottsdale Fashion Square in Arizona.
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<div>My crime: merely being a Black Man, and existing.
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<div>I was so disturbed by the incident, that I contacted Erik Nordstrom — the CEO of Nordstrom, Inc. — directly. I drafted a formal letter detailing exactly what was done to me. He never apologized. He never took accountability. Instead, he gaslighted me into believing that I was the problem for standing up for my own human rights.
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<div>And then Nordstrom doubled down — suggesting that my response to their racism is what is harming their reputation.
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<div>Let that sink in.
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<div>What I experienced that day was not just humiliating. It was violating. The feeling of being racially targeted and attacked in public — in a place where I had spent years as a loyal customer — was the most horrendous feeling I have ever experienced in my life. It felt like being electrocuted. Like being publicly shamed for simply being. For your natural aura. For who you are.
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<div>That feeling does not leave you. I have been actively focusing on my mental health in the aftermath of what Nordstrom put me through. And in that process, one thing became crystal clear to me:
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<div>I refuse to allow this act of inhumanity happen to another person again.                                
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<div>I am FEARLESS. CONFIDENT. CAPABLE. And I will not be silenced.
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<div>We Are Not Here as Victims. We Are Here as a Movement.
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<div>What started as one man being racially profiled in a Nordstrom store has become something Nordstrom never anticipated — a national conversation about where Black dollars go, and whether Black excellence is truly welcomed in the spaces that profit from it.
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<div>The people have spoken. In the comments, in the DMs, in the streets — the call is clear: Buy Black Luxury.
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<div>We hear you. And we are answering.
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<div>Your donation is not charity. It is an investment in what this movement is building. Every dollar does two things at once:
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<div>It holds Nordstrom accountable — funding the legal fight, the press, and the public pressure that ensures this does not quietly disappear the way they are hoping it will.
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<div>And it builds FRUITFUL ROOSTER — a 100% Black-owned luxury fashion house, founded on the principle that our stories are wearable, that our identity is worth protecting, and that Black excellence belongs at the highest levels of the luxury market — not at the mercy of it.
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<div>We are not asking for sympathy. We are asking you to put your dollar where your voice already is. The boycott is the statement.
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<div>The donation is the infrastructure.
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<div>I am taking this racist retail giant head-on — legally, publicly, and with everything I have. But going up against a $14 billion machine requires resources. Every single coin you contribute brings Nordstrom one step closer to the accountability they have refused to offer on their own.
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<div>It is my personal responsibility — and my promise to you — to make sure that no human being ever has to feel profiled, stalked, harassed, humiliated, or made to feel less than human at the hands of Nordstrom again.
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<div>This is bigger than me. This is for every person who has ever been followed in a store. Watched at the register. Doubted in a dressing room. Laughed at when asking a price. Besmirched when cultural. Made to feel like a suspect in a space where they were simply a customer.
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<div>Stand with us. Buy Black Luxury. Build something that lasts.
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<div>Join me in the fight. Every dollar moves us forward.
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<div>gofundme.com/u/charles-kellam
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<div>— Charles T. Kellam
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<div>  Designer · Inventor · Entrepreneur · Founder, Fruitful Rooster LLC®
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<div>#BoycottNordstrom #BuyBlackLuxury #JusticeForCharlesKellam #CivilRights #BlackOwnedBusiness #WeWillNotBeQuiet
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