Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin plans to boycott Dove Awards & Trinity Broadcasting Network over censored speeches
Kirk Franklin announced on Monday that he will be boycotting Dove Awards and the Trinity Broadcasting Network after claiming his acceptance speeches have been edited multiple times when he mentions police brutality in black community.
"Today I feel like quitting," he said in a video posted to Instagram. "I am heartbroken that I even have to share this with you." He then mentioned his recent reference of Atatiana Jefferson, who was killed two weeks ago by a white police officer, and how it was edited out of his acceptance speech for best gospel artist at the most recent Dove Awards. The censorship comes three years after Franklin won the same award in 2016, and discussed the "civil unrest" following Philando Castille and Walter Scott's deaths and five Dallas officers that were killed by a sniper. That part was edited out as well.
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