The video taps into a highly charged socio-political narrative about fairness, race, and government contracts, presenting a clear 'us vs. them' scenario that resonates with audiences concerned about perceived injustices.
Summary
The video discusses how the U.S. Navy ended a 43-year contract with a Black-owned business, The Sewing Box, for making ceremonial flight suits for the Blue Angels. The new contract was awarded to a white-owned business for a significantly higher amount, leading to public outcry and demands for answers.
Structure
1Introduction of the controversy: Navy ending a long-standing contract with a Black-owned business.
2Details of the contract: Duration, value, and the shift to a new, more expensive provider.
3The business owner's perspective: Lack of notification and surprise at the contract loss.
4Public reaction and demands for accountability: Calls for answers from the Navy.
5Concluding statement on the business's dedication.
Product placement
Blue Angels (US Navy flight demonstration squadron) - APPEARS - Removing it would change what happens in the video. Pete Hegseth (political commentator) - APPEARS - Removing it would change what happens in the video. The Sewing Box (Black-owned business) - ACTS - It is the subject of the video's narrative, and its contract with the Navy is being discussed. Removing it would change what happens in the video. U.S. Navy (military branch) - APPEARS - It is the entity that awarded and then rescinded the contract. Removing it would change what happens in the video.
Original caption
For 43 years, Candy Whitehurst’s Black-owned Pensacola business helped outfit the Blue Angels. Her most recent Navy contract was worth about $127,000 for one year. Now that work has gone to a Virginia company under a new contract worth up to $1.69 million over five years. The Navy says the contract was openly competed and The Sewing Box didn’t submit a bid. Whitehurst says she wasn’t notified the way she had been in previous years and didn’t know the work was being rebid until it was gone. After 43 years, that deserves some serious questions. #BlueAngels #BlackOwnedBusiness #SmallBusiness #blacklivesmatter #Pensacola
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THE BLUE ANGELS
DUMPED A BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESS AFTER
43 YEARS. 🤯
THIS IS WILD!
BUSINESS HAS HAD
A CONTRACT WITH
THE
NAVY FOR THE
PAST 43 YEARS.
U.S.
PETE HEGSETH
JUST TOOK THAT
CONTRACT AWAY.
GAVE IT TO
A WHITE OWNED BUSINESS.
U.S.
TO BE PAYING
THEM DOUBLE
PAYING THE BLACK
OWNED BUSINESS
TAXPAYER MONEY!
NEWS
by Selena Hill
August 21, 2020
NAVY NIXED 43-YEAR
CONTRACT WITH BLACK
WOMAN-OWNED TAILOR
A Black-owned Pensacola tailor lost its
43-year Blue Angels uniform deal after
the Navy awarded a $1.69 million
contract to a Virginia firm.
43 YEARS.
CANDY WHITEHURST, WHO
OWNS
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
WAS MAKING CEREMONIAL
THE BLUE ANGELS.
CONTRACT WAS
$127,000 A
YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE
ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
ARE AWARDING A
$1.69 MILLION
OVER FIVE YEARS
TO A VIRGINIA
BASED BUSINESS TO
FLIGHT SUITS.
THAN DOUBLE WHAT
THEY WERE PAYING
THE SEWING BOX!
the grio
Black-owned business loses Blue
Angels contract after more than
four decades serving the Navy
Pensacola's Sewing Box says it was not notified
before the Navy awarded a new contract to
another company.
by PETER KERICH
AUG 6, 2020
THE NAVY SAYS
THAT THEY DECIDED
TO GO THROUGH
A COMPETITIVE
BID PROCESS.
HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT
HOW IT FUNCTIONED
FOR CANDY.
THEY WOULD REACH
OUT AND TELL
WAS TIME TO
SUBMIT A BID.
DO THAT.
US News Trump
Navy Suddenly Ends 43-Year Blue
Angels Uniform Deal with Florida
Business
Add us on
by Dale Foote
Sep 1, 2020, 10:13 AM EDT
JIMMY PATRONIS IS
NOW DEMANDING ANSWERS
FROM THE U.S.
NAVY.
WHETHER OR NOT
UNDER FEDERAL
CONTRACTING
RULES OR NOT,
THIS BUSINESS DESERVES
ANSWERS.
THEY'VE DEDICATED OVER
FOUR DECADES TO
SUPPORTING THE NAVY!
Transcript
This is wild! A black-owned business has had a contract with the Navy for the past 43 years. And Pete Hegseth just took that contract away. Gave it to a white owned business. And the U.S. government is going to be paying them double what they were paying the black owned business. Taxpayer money! For 43 years. Candy Whitehurst, who owns Pensacola, Florida was making ceremonial flight suits for the Blue Angels. The most recent contract was $127,000 a year. However, the Navy announced that they are awarding a $1.69 million over five years to a Virginia based business to make these flight suits. That's more than double what they were paying the sewing box! The Navy says that they decided to go through a competitive bid process. However, that's not how it functioned for Candy. They would reach out and tell her it was time to submit a bid. They did not do that. Jimmy Patronis is now demanding answers from the U.S. Navy. Whether or not under federal contracting rules or not, this business deserves answers. They've dedicated over four decades to supporting the Navy!