Here's how celebrities are taking part in BlackoutTuesday and sharing resources that aim to help the BlackLivesMovement.
You may have seen black squares flooding your Instagram feed, and wondering what it's all about. While the posts have been well-intended, many longtime Black Lives Matter activists, like Kenidra Woods, have urged users not to use the"#BlackLivesMatter" or"#BLM" hashtags while sharing these stark images, as it clogs up important information about the movement.
"To be frank, blacking a screen out for a day is not the most effective way to approach this, or help black people for that matter," she adds."The injustices we face are still gonna be there -- no black screen will save us from that."
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