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Beyoncé Drops Movie Teaser and Tells Everyone to "Vote Like Our Lives Depend on It"
Beyoncé is releasing a new film and speaking out about the importance of voting in November.
06.29.2020
This Sunday, Beyoncé received the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards.
Michelle Obama, who presented the award, introduced Beyoncé by saying, "No matter how big the stages get, I know my girl isn't satisfied unless she's sharing all that shine she has with the next generation. She's always turning up, looking out, and making us all a little bigger, better, a little more fierce. And she's doing it all while staying devoted to her children and the loved ones she holds dear. So to my girl, I just want to say, you inspire me. You inspire all of us."
<p>Beyoncé then took the stage and used her acceptance speech to call for some meaningful actions. "I want to dedicate this award to all of my brothers out there, all of my sisters out there inspiring me—marching and fighting for change. Your voices are being heard, and you're proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain," she said.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph --></p><p>"I'm encouraging you to continue to take action. Continue to change and dismantle a racist and unequal system. We have to continue to do this together," she said. </p><p>"Continue to fight for each other and lift each other up, because there are people banking on us staying at home during the local elections and primaries happening in states across the country. We have to vote like our life depends on it, because it does."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
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</p><p>Despite the fact that they happened virtually this year, the BET Awards this year were fiercely political and focused on the Black Lives Matter movement. The show began with <a href="https://www.popdust.com/keedron-bryant-2646208981.html" target="_blank">12-year-old Keedron Bryant</a> performing "I Just Wanna Live," the viral protest anthem he released shortly after the murder of George Floyd. </p><p>It also featured a star-studded performance of Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," which featured Nas, YG, Rhapsody, and more. Alicia Keys, Anderson .Paak, Roddy Rich, and more also made political statements.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>Lil Wayne paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant with his aptly named 2009 single "Kobe Bryant." The show also honored the late Nipsey Hussle, who earned the show's humanitarian award last year, and featured a clip of Hussle's collaboration with DJ Khaled and John Legend, "Higher." Summer Walker and Chloe x Halle also wowed. Lizzo took home the award for Best R&B Artist and Richh won album of the year for "Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial."</p><h4>A History of Humanitarian Work: Beyoncé's Powerful COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter Efforts</h4><p>Beyoncé has long been a philanthropist. This April, she took action against the COVID-19 pandemic along with her charity <a href="https://www.beyonce.com/beygood/" target="_blank">BeyGOOD</a>, which worked in collaboration with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to donate $6 million to Black essential workers fighting through the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with her mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé also launched a campaign to promote testing in her hometown of Houston, Texas through the <a href="https://www.beyonce.com/article/beygood-covid-19-mobile-testing-houston/" target="_blank">#IDIDMYPART</a> initiative.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p>Beyoncé has been speaking out for the Black Lives Matter cause for a long time. She's long been raising her voice to support the critical cultural moment that the movement is experiencing, selectively championing important causes and using a mix of art, political activism, and exemplary talent to further her messages.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent3 - longer_content --></p><p>In an open letter on her website, addressed to the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, demanding that he arrest the officers who murdered <a href="https://justiceforbreonna.org" target="_blank">Breonna Taylor</a> while she was asleep in her bed. </p><div id="9bf26" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4028f1822570328dc35766098ef094d7"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p>"The LMPD's investigation was turned over to your office, and yet all of the officers involved in the shooting remain employed by the LMPD," the letter read.<br></p><p>"Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison must be held accountable for their actions. Don't let this case fall into the pattern of no action after a terrible tragedy," she wrote. "With every death of a black person at the hands of the police, there are two real tragedies: the death itself, and the inaction and delays that follow it. This is your chance to end that pattern. Take swift and decisive action in charging the officers ... The next months cannot look like the last three."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-638"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent33 - longer_content --></p><p>This week, Beyoncé's mother and Breonna Taylor's mother penned an <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EK7ngp7rD3ZQ6HOQkUycmGti3tMQi77x/view" target="_blank">open letter</a> demanding that the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6800" target="_blank">Senate pass the HEROES (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions) Act</a>, which would make voting more accessible. The HEROES act would simplify voter registration requirements across the nation and would also make provide masks, gloves, and additional security to all polling stations. </p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-639"> </div>
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Beyoncé and her mother Tina Knowles-Lawson</small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit..."><a href="http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2015/04/beyonce-mom-wedding.jpg" target="_blank">JustJared</a></small></p><p>"Many are advocating for structural change through legislation," the letter reads. "Among the most urgent is H.R. 6800, The HEROES Act, a bill passed by the House of Representatives in May that would provide a $3 trillion safety net for those most impacted by COVID-19, including disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities, through provision of health care, economic security, justice system reform, housing, and voting access."<br></p><p>The letter was signed by Viola Davis, Jada Pinkett Smith, Whoopi Goldberg, Taraji P. Henson, and of course, Beyoncé herself.</p><p>Of course, Beyoncé's art has always been the locus of her power. On Juneteenth, Beyoncé released "Black Parade," and promised to donate all proceeds from the song to Black-owned small businesses. Now she's following that up with an even bigger project.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><br></p><h4>Beyoncé's "Black Is King" Trailer Drops</h4><p>Beyoncé is adding her talents to <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com" target="_blank">Disney+</a> with the release of <em><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/28/884436678/beyonc-to-drop-visual-album-black-is-king-on-disney-in-july" target="_blank">Black Is King</a>, </em>a film that she wrote, produced, and directed (because of course she did). The film—which is set to arrive on the streaming service on July 31st—is based on songs from the <em>Lion King: The Gift </em>companion album that Beyoncé released in conjunction with the movie.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-640"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent44 - longest_content --></p><p>According to a <a href="https://dtcimedia.disney.com/news/black-is-king-july-31" target="_blank">press release</a>, the film "reimagines the lessons of <em>The Lion King</em> for today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns."<em>Black Is King</em> is a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience," the statement continued. "The film is a story for the ages that informs and rebuilds the present. A reunion of cultures and shared generational beliefs. A story of how the people left most broken have an extraordinary gift and a purposeful future."</p><p>Earlier today, she released a breathtaking trailer for the visual album:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>The album contains hits including "Mood 4EVA," "My Power," and "Brown Skin Girl," which features Wizkid, Saint JHN, and Blue Ivy Carter (and which won the 8-year-old the BET HER Award on Sunday).</p><p>On Instagram, Beyoncé gushed about the film, which promises to be one of her biggest achievements yet—which is saying something, seeing that her visual music video, <em>Lemonade, </em>her iconic Super Bowl performance, and her Netflix Coachella documentary stand among her other infinite accomplishments.<em></em></p><div id="fa2f5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2e213c1dff6a6b0438a82018d9fded93"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p>"<em>Black Is King</em> is a labor of love," she wrote. "It is my passion project that I have been filming, researching and editing day and night for the past year. I've given it my all and now it's yours. It was originally filmed as a companion piece to "The Lion King: The Gift" soundtrack and meant to celebrate the breadth and beauty of Black ancestry. I could never have imagined that a year later, all the hard work that went into this production would serve a greater purpose.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-641"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - bottomofpage - bottom_of_page --></p><p>"The events of 2020 have made the film's vision and message even more relevant, as people across the world embark on a historic journey," she continued." We are all in search of safety and light. Many of us want change. I believe that when Black people tell our own stories, we can shift the axis of the world and tell our REAL history of generational wealth and richness of soul that are not told in our history books. <br></p><p>"With this visual album, I wanted to present elements of Black history and African tradition, with a modern twist and a universal message, and what it truly means to find your self-identity and build a legacy.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-645"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent_4 645 - longest_content --></p><iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:album:552zi1M53PQAX5OH4FIdTx" id="8b7e2" frameborder="0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="021b317aa3b381ff1d4cf5f9aa3b25f4" expand="1" height="480" width="100%"></iframe><p>"I spent a lot of time exploring and absorbing the lessons of past generations and the rich history of different African customs. While working on this film, there were moments where I've felt overwhelmed, like many others on my creative team, but it was important to create a film that instills pride and knowledge. <br></p><p>"I only hope that from watching, you leave feeling inspired to continue building a legacy that impacts the world in an immeasurable way. I pray that everyone sees the beauty and resilience of our people. </p><p>"This is a story of how the people left MOST BROKEN have EXTRAORDINARY gifts. Thank you to Blitz, Emmanuel, Ibra, Jenn, Pierre, Dikayl, Kwasi and all the brilliant creatives. Thank you to all at Disney for giving this Black woman the opportunity to tell this story.</p><p>"This experience has been an affirmation of a grander purpose. My only goal is that you watch it with your family and that it gives you pride. <br>Love y'all, <br>B"</p><h2></h2><h2></h2><h2></h2><h2></h2><p>We love you too, B. </p>
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On This Day: Hip-Hop Forever Changed America
Happy birthday to the world's biggest genre
08.11.2020
On this day in 1973, Clive Campbell, the Jamaican-American "selector" known as DJ Kool Herc, hosted a "back to school jam" at 1520 Sedgewick Avenue in the Boogie Down Bronx of New York City.
Armed with a booming sound system and reggae beats, Herc– a shortened nickname for "Hercules"– commanded insatiable audiences across the South Bronx with his unique looping technique called the "Merry-Go Round." "[I knew that] they were waiting for this particular break," Herc later said, "and I got a couple of records that got the same break up in it. I wonder how it would be if I put them all together."
<p>The subtle trick elongated the audience's favorite parts of their favorite funk records and kept the energy high. The widened section was known as "the break" or "the get down." "The beauty of Herc's set-up was that once he would find that section of the record, he would create a loop live in front of the crowd using the two turntables and the crossfader on the mixer," wrote <em><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/2017/08/how-august-11-became-hip-hop-birthday" target="_blank">Complex.</a></em></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
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</p><p>The method of the "Merry-Go-Round" quickly became universal among the Bronx's other pioneer DJ's. DJ Afrika Bambaataa, who headed the legendary hip-hop unit Universal Zulu Nation, added to the "breakbeats" in his own way, <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/story/89709-south-bronx-hip-hop-year-zero/" target="_blank">infusing the sounds of salsa, West Indian music, and rock and roll.</a> His 1982 track "Planet Rock" was one of his biggest crowd-pleasers and sampled an electric piano from the German quartet Kraftwerk. Meanwhile, Theodore Livingston, otherwise known as Grand Wizzard Theodore, also began toying with "breakbeats" and in turn invented what is now known as "scratching," which helped the records bounce and sound more percussive.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent1 - mid_content --></p><p>Then came the almighty Joseph Sadler, better known as Grandmaster Flash, who founded the Furious Five, the first-ever hip-hop group. Together, they incorporated poetic rhymes alongside Flash's slick instrumental breaks. Best known for their funky track "The Message," Flash invented cutting, which involved playing the same song on two separate turntables and snapping back and forth between them to create an entirely new record (he also invented the now-iconic backspin).</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
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</script></center><strong></strong><p></p><p>But what evolved from the South Bronx in 1973 has now transformed American culture as a whole. <strong>Hip-hop has sunk its teeth into everything </strong><strong>from dance to fashion </strong><strong>and has wholly redefined American culture in the mere 47 years it's been around. It has single-handedly become the most impactful genre to ever exist in music–and not merely because it sounds dope.</strong></p><p><strong></strong>Still, despite mainstream's embrace and occasional exploitation, hip-hop has remained, first and foremost, a platform for hustlers, philosophers, and critical thinkers. "Hip-hop as a musical and global cultural form forces us to think critically about what we define as valuable knowledge, who we recognize as knowledge producers, and how knowledge can be created and shared," wrote <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/cultural-significance-hip-hop#:~:text=The%20study%20and%20archiving%20of,'&text=Hip%20hop%20is%20not%20a%20new%20subject%20of%20study%20in%20Oxford." target="_blank"><em>The University of Oxford</em></a>.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p>The genre has overtly challenged authoritative perspectives and always shed light on the urban struggles for the underrepresented. In turn, it's birthed an incalculable number of storytellers and urban prophets, who all relentlessly grind for their city and their family. They fight to educate the masses and inspire other underrepresented people to succeed against all the odds.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
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</p><p>"Visualizing the realism of life in actuality, f*ck who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary, and my mentality is money-oriented," raps <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwSfbE9IXc" target="_blank">NY emcee A.Z.</a> as he reflects on the morbidity of life. On his legendary feature on Nas's 1994 hit "Life's a Bitch," A.Z. uses a double entendre to prophesize that life can only feel real to a person if they fully immerse themselves in their existence. </p><p>"The revolution is the genocide...my execution might be televised," Freddie Gibbs raps on 2020's "Scottie Beam." In just a few bars, he dissects the morbid cycle police killings and how "the revolution" won't happen until more people of color die. "Cash rules everything around me," Method Man chants, frustrated, on Wu-Tang Clan's 1993 hit "C.R.E.A.M." as he reflects <a href="https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/wu-tang-clan-cream-cash-rules-everything-around-me-misunderstood/" target="_blank">on the frustrations of capitalism</a>.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-638"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent33 - longer_content --></p><p><strong>For the last 47 years, hip-hop has always documented the American underbelly.</strong> Now, as the squeaky-clean revisionist history of America seems to further erode in 2020, it's important to remember where we heard the truth from first, because it definitely wasn't from a textbook.</p><h4>Want to Read More?</h4><h4><a href="https://www.popdust.com/5-albums-to-help-get-out-head-2645826593.html" target="_blank">5 Relaxing Rap Albums to Get You Out of Your Head</a></h4><h4><a href="https://www.popdust.com/5-albums-to-help-get-out-head-2645826593.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.popdust.com/medhane-interview-full-circle-2645576544.html" target="_blank">Interview: Medhane's Moment Has Finally Arrived</a></h4><h4><a href="https://www.popdust.com/the-most-annoying-love-songs-of-the-early-2000s-2646942641.html" target="_blank">The Most Annoying Love Songs of the Early 2000s</a></h4>
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Lizzo, Natalie Portman, and More Celebrities Who Support Defunding the Police
"Imagine, what a world could be like in which we invested in nourishing people; (in their education, healthcare, environment, shelter)— rather than putting all of our money into punishment."
06.11.2020
"Defund the police" has become a rallying cry and a North Star of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The origins of the police's recently brutality lies in Southern slave patrols and the criminalization of the poor. Police enforced Jim Crow laws and today they enforce the racist criminal justice system, and promote violence and fear, and they often don't actually make neighborhoods safer.
<p>Many people instantly have adverse reactions when they hear about the police, but it's very logical when you consider the ways that cities' massive police budgets could be redistributed to other underfunded programs.<strong> Defunding the police means shifting some power away from the cops and towards mental healthcare, community engagement, education, and transformative justice training. </strong>"The people who respond to crises in our community should be the people who are best-equipped to deal with those crises," says Minneapolis organization MPD150. Police could be replaced by counselors, by people trained in de-escalation, and by organizations equipped to deal with the nuances of community needs.</p><p>Increases in policing can actually lead to increases in crime. "We have such a dearth of funding in education and a lack of prioritization in education. We can't afford to waste money by paying police officers to come in and not just disrupt education, but really funnel kids away from the educational system and into the criminal system," said Sylvia Torres-Guillén, the ACLU of California's director of education equity. "Studies have shown that students are more likely not to graduate from high school if they are arrested. Every time law enforcement touches a student, they are more likely not to complete school."</p><p>Things can't continue as they are, with the police receiving massive amounts of funding so they can criminalize the poor while support systems flounder. For context, "Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed, <a href="https://kstp.com/politics/minneapolis-city-council-passes-16-billion-budget-more-police-officers-included/5576492/" target="_blank">passed its budget</a> in December, and it increased its budget for police by $10 million to a total of $193 million. Here's what they're spending on other things: $31 million for affordable housing; $250,000 for community organizations working with at-risk youth; $400,000 for the Office of Crime Prevention," said Katherine Wells in <em>The Atlantic. </em>After passing this budget, Minneapolis's police department instituted a variety of reforms, including implicit-bias training—but this didn't stop an officer from killing George Floyd in cold blood, and it clearly didn't heal the deeper-rooted issues in the department.</p><p>But after George Floyd was killed and global scrutiny turned towards the Minneapolis police department, the City Council announced that the city would disband the police entirely. "We have to do better for our community," said City Councilman <a href="Steve%20Fletche" target="_blank">Steve Fletcher</a>. "And frankly, if the cops are going to treat me like I'm the enemy when I cut a sliver of the increase of their budget, there's no incentive to not go big because I'm going to get treated that way regardless. So I might as well go for the real change that I actually think is going to protect our community and make us safe in the long run."</p><p>Defunding the police is very possible and actually would be quite beneficial for so many reasons. There's a reason it's become a rallying cry for millions. Some celebrities are even jumping on and joining the movement, using their voices to call on lawmakers to defund and even abolish the police.</p>
<p>Read the full letter here, via <a href="https://www.defendingblacklives.org/defund-police-sign-on/" target="_blank">Movement 4 Black Lives</a>:<br></p><p>"Black communities across the nation are mourning the deaths of George Floyd, tortured to death by Minneapolis police, Ahmaud Arbery, a jogger who was killed while running in a residential neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, Breonna Taylor an EMT killed while asleep in her bed in Louisville, KY, Dreasjon Reed in Indianapolis and Tony McDade in Tallahassee. Their names are added to a devastatingly long list of Black people who have been killed at the hands of vigilantes or law enforcement. Not to mention the others whose names we don't yet know, and may never know since they were killed without a camera recording it.</p><p>At the same time, the United States leads the world in COVID-19 cases. So far, more than 100,000 people — enough to fill a football stadium– have perished from the virus,with over one million cases confirmed, and those numbers don't reflect all the people dying from virus-related illnesses. Black people are suffering disproportionately from COVID-19, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/black-people-four-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-ons-finds" target="_blank">four times more likely to die</a> than their white neighbors. </p><p>It is important to state this within the context of the scourge of anti-Black police terror and the resulting uprisings taking place across the U.S. </p><p>The COVID-19 deaths and the deaths caused by police terror are connected and consequential to each other. The United States does not have a national healthcare system. Instead, we have the largest military budget in the world, and some of the most well-funded and militarized police departments in the world, too. Policing and militarization overwhelmingly dominate the bulk of national and local budgets. In fact, police and military funding has increased every single year since 1973, and at the same time, funding for public health decreased every year, crystallized most recently when the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/nsc-pandemic-office-trump-closed/2020/03/13/a70de09c-6491-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html" target="_blank">Trump administration eliminated the US Pandemic Response Team in 2018</a>, citing "costs."</p><p>Black communities are living in persistent fear of being killed by state authorities like police, immigration agents or even white vigilantes who are emboldened by state actors. According to the Urban Institute, in 1977, state and local governments spent $60 billion on police and corrections . In 2017, they spent $194 billion. A 220 percent increase. Despite continued profiling, harassment, terror and killing of Black communities, local and federal decision-makers continue to invest in the police, which leaves Black people vulnerable and our communities no safer.</p><p>Where could that money go? It could go towards building healthy communities, to the health of our elders and children,to neighborhood infrastructure, to education, to childcare, to support a vibrant Black future. The possibilities are endless. </p><p>We join in solidarity with the freedom fighters in Minneapolis, Louisville, and across the United States. And <em>we call for the end to police terror. </em></p><p>JOIN US IN DEMANDING YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS TAKE THE PLEDGE TO: </p><ol class="ee-ol"></ol><h2></h2><ol class="ee-ol"><li>Vote no on all increases to police budgets </li><li>Vote yes to decrease police spending and budgets </li><li>Vote yes to increase spending on Health care, education and community programs that keep us safe." </li></ol>
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1. Lizzo
<div id="321ea" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0232bf135631073a1cc77e85692e5200"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA4VTGuBkEM/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>Lizzo has been using her platforms for good for a long time, and she's definitely been speaking out about Black Lives Matter, encouraging her fans to buy from Black-owned businesses.</p>2. John Legend
<div id="82755" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f7c9819d10c8030c16d8eaa422fd26fd"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9EDEKlQ28/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>The singer made some significant donations with his wife, Chrissy Teigen, and he also publicly called to defund the police in an Instagram post.</p>3. Jane Fonda
<div id="032dc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e08bf9204ff962cc313002620ca76fad"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRpJGSAuI3/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p>Jane Fonda supported the Black Panthers in the 1970s. She visited Angela Davis in prison, held fundraisers for the Black Panthers, and hid members of the party in her home—and of course she's still standing up for what's right, appearing in a Black Panther uniform in a recent TV interview and calling to defund the police.</p><p>She recently spoke about <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jane-fonda-white-privilege-george-floyd-protests-black-panthers-1008299/" target="_blank">white privilege on </a><em><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jane-fonda-white-privilege-george-floyd-protests-black-panthers-1008299/">Rolling Stone</a>, </em>stating, "Because we're white, we have had privilege. Even the poorest of us have had privilege. And we need to recognize that, and we have to understand what it is that keeps racism in place — the policies, redlining, banking policies, mortgage policies. All of the things that are really making it very, very difficult for black people to lift themselves up. The policies have to be changed, and then white people have to understand the history that has led to this and we have to try to change within ourselves."</p>4. The Weeknd
<div id="86ebf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="abe3ee37e78b99bc3b0883f844a5c0ec"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA60WgJBgRD/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>"Keep supporting our brothers and sisters out there risking everything to push for actual change for our black lives," the Weeknd wrote. "Urging everyone with big pockets to give and give big and if you have less please give what you can even if it's a small amount."</p>5. Natalie Portman
<div id="dcf93" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="00e413ac99017bfd3060d3b8ae440ee0"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBMK4o_jWrt/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>Portman admitted she was initially hesitant about defunding the police in an Instagram post. "When I first heard #defundthepolice, I have to admit my first reaction was fear. My whole life, police have made me feel safe. But that's exactly the center of my white privilege. The police make me as a white woman feel safe, while my black friends, family, and neighbors feel the opposite: police make them feel terror. Police are the 6th leading cause of death for black men in this country. These are not isolated incidents. Reforms have not worked," she wrote. </p><p>"Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, is one of the most progressive police forces in the country, having undergone extensive anti-bias training. I am grateful to the leaders in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mvmnt4blklives/" target="_blank">@mvmnt4blklives</a> who have made us question the status quo. And who have made us imagine, what a world could be like in which we invested in nourishing people; (in their education, healthcare, environment, shelter)— rather than putting all of our money into punishment. I've gotten to the age in my life, where if my gut feels uncomfortable, I take the situation as wrong. But this concept initially made me uncomfortable because I was wrong. Because the system that makes me feel comfortable is wrong."</p>6. America Ferrera
<div id="711cb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5d2fae8c19548f859a91aa32cef19971"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBHG7P4hLv2/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>"Right now, police are shoving and batoning and ramming through crowds of peaceful protesters, even in our supposed liberal bastions - NYC & LA," wrote America Ferrera." "Maybe even especially in our seemingly progressive cities to make a point. And I think "How is this possible? How is this happening in my country? How have we gotten here?" And if I dare to listen, I hear that Black people are saying to me, to all of us, 'America, welcome to America. We haven't "gotten" here, we've been here.' The fact that I have lived 36 years of life, and am just now having to truly reckon with the shock and pain and disbelief of what emboldened state sanctioned violence in the USA looks like, is the fact of my privilege, my naïveté, my disconnect from the reality of cause and effect. I do not believe myself to be white, but I am not Black, and have not had to live in this country in a Black body and therefore I am ignorant and sheltered from the ways Black people have had to live in their bodies in this country. Becoming aware of my ignorance is shocking and scary and not comfortable, but I would not wish this moment away for the sake of my comfort. I would not hope for us to go back to what felt like peaceful times to some of us and breathless invisibility to others. What I hope for is the courage to stay uncomfortable, for the strength to keep my eyes open, for the ability to listen and learn and truly expand my capacity to understand. May we stay vulnerable long enough to really hear what Black leaders are calling for, to see the vision they have for a new way, and as we so often have been in this country, be led by them toward more freedom. If you're looking to listen & learn, BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tanehisipcoates/" target="_blank">@tanehisipcoates</a>is a good place to start."</p>7. Brie Larson
<div id="9c4e8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5528a874cd5fbbde70e7a500eebaf229"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRvxSMDdMT/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>The actress has been taking action by participating in the #SharetheMicNow challenge, asking Black women to take over her Instagram to speak out, and fostering conversations about racism in healthcare and more. She also celebrated the Minneapolis City Council's decision to disband their police department.</p><div id="7297a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="af9ea8800990c831ee63ca29e196313d"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJrTWgDykW/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div>
8. Taraji P. Hensen
<div id="2f304" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="97cd694df7e50b82af78329b3b741426"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPSnADnby0/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>The writer and political candidate has been an outspoken supporter of Black Lives Matter, posting in support of Colin Kaepernick and calling out the way police target predominantly Black communities.</p>9. Talib Kweli
<div id="6fdfe" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5b25f7756b7bf40e4342f85c706572c1"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJoyP7AS0c/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>Talib Kweli is a longtime Black Lives Matter advocate. The host of the show<em> People's Party </em>with Talib Kweli has worked to educate people on the difference between All Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter. He's also critiqued Donald Trump's response to the virus. Trump "might not think he's a fascist, but he's moving in fascist ways," he said on Jimmy Fallon this week. "When he says that black people rioting are thugs, and he says the press are the enemy of the people, [cops] feel empowered to shoot thugs. They feel empowered to shoot at the press, because the press is the enemy of the people. I watched a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/tim-walz-apology-omar-jimenez-george-floyd/index.html" target="_blank">Black CNN dude get arrested on live TV</a>. This is insane. When the police are targeting the press, we don't have a democracy or a republic or whatever you want to call it; we have fascism."</p><div id="e63a9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a352a23e05c6ab9e2b450d292885ef99"><blockquote class="instagram-media"
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10. Megan Rapinoe
<div id="560b4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c6362eb3f37de9eb1061361585ddb61c"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div></div><p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTOa4Mn7iD/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">Login • Instagram</a></p> </div></blockquote></div><p>In 2016 Megan Rapinoe voiced her support for Black Lives Matter protestors, writing, "I haven't experienced over-policing, racial profiling, police brutality or the sight of a family member's body lying dead in the street...But I cannot send idly by while there are people in this country who have had to deal with that kind of heartache."</p>Related Articles Around the Web
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