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Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority have taken issue withInsecure’s use of the organization in the acclaimed series — and star and creatorIssa Raehas responded.
During Sunday’s fifth and final season premiere episode, the show’s core friend group visits Stanford University for an alumni event Rae’s character, Issa Dee, was participating in. Throughout the episode,Amanda Seales' character, Tiffany DuBois, wore outfits featuring AKA’s salmon pink and apple green colors.
In one scene, Tiffany sported a sweater featuring the historically Black sorority’s Greek letters.
Seales, 40, spoke out amid continuous questions over whether or not she was an AKA member, saying she is “not a soror” but her character Tiffany is.
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Inthe now-deleted tweet, the person also tagged Rae, 36, and the officialInsecureTwitter account requesting they “do not do that again” because it’s “wildly disrespectful!”
Rae responded to the individual ina since-removed tweet: “Oh s—, let me tell @HBO to delete the one of the upcoming episodes then, hold on.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and HBO’s parent company, Warner Media, for comment.
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AKA was founded at Howard University in 1908 and it is the first-ever historically Black sorority. Vice PresidentKamala Harris,Wanda Sykes,Sunny HostinandStar Jonesare among its notable members.
Onthe organization’s website, it states the “Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority badge, the coat of arms (Sorority crest), the name Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (Inc.),the name Ivy Leaf,the sound Skee-Weeand the term Fashionetta are federally registered trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.”
“The badge and coat of arms must not be reproduced or used under any conditions without the written permission of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated,” the statement continues. “Reproduction without permission is a legal infringement, and the violator is subject to prosecution. All federally registered trademarks should be used with the federal registration symbol.”
Seales, however, has received support from actressYvette Nicole Brown, who is a member of the sorority.
Insecureairs Sundays (10 p.m. ET) on HBO.
source: people.com
