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'The Silence Breakers' are Time Magazine's 2017 Person of the Year

by VOA News

   Time Magazine has named a broad range of people, primarily women, who
   raised awareness about sexual harassment and assault in the U.S. as its
   [1]2017 Person of the Year.

   "The Silence Breakers" are responsible for "a hashtag, a movement, a
   reckoning," wrote Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal. "But it
   began, as great social change nearly always does, with individual acts
   of courage."

   Among those designated as "The Silence Breakers" are this year's public
   accusers of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and others who publicized
   their stories of abuse using the hashtag #MeToo in English and other
   languages.

   President Donald Trump was the runner-up for Time Person of the Year
   designation while Chinese President Xi Jinping was third on the list.

   Others on the list included North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Saudi
   Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, special federal prosecutor Robert
   Mueller and Colin Kaepernick, the ex-NFL quarterback who triggered a
   nationwide protest against racism and police brutality.

   This was the 91st year Time commended a person or a group of people who
   shaped the news over the past year.

References

   1. http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/