Published 21:08 IST, June 4th 2020
Ellen DeGeneres shares Stephen 'tWitch' Boss & Allison Holker's video on white privilege
Ellen DeGeneres took to her social media and shared a video on white privilege by Stephen 'tWitch' Boss & Allison Holker. See the video and reactions here
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tragic death of an African-American man George Floyd has drawn world's attention back to issue of racism. Several celebrities have taken to social media to express ir opinion on same. Ellen DeGeneres also took to her social media to talk about issue of racism and George Floyd’s death. Ellen DeGeneres shared a video of artiste Stephen 'tWitch' Boss with his wife Allison Holker. In video shared by Ellen DeGeneres, Stephen tWitch Boss family is seen taking part in Check Your Privilege TikTok challenge.
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Ellen Degeneres shares Stephen 'tWitch' Boss & Allison Holker video on white privilege
Ellen DeGeneres took to her Twitter and shared video. In video, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss and his wife are accompanied by ir four-year-old son Maddoxx. In video, couple started with ten fingers up and instructions were to put down a finger every time one could relate to a statement. couple n puts down a finger for each question which is relatable to m. In video shared by Ellen DeGeneres, couple was asked following questions.
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- Put a finger down if you have been called a racial slur.
- Put a finger down if you’ve been followed in a store unnecessarily.
- Put a finger down if someone has crossed street in order to avoid passing you.
- Put a finger down if you’ve had someone clench ir purse in an elevator with you.
- Put a finger down if you’ve had someone step off of an elevator to keep from riding with you.
- Put a finger down if you’ve been accused of t being able to afford something expensive.
- Put a finger down if you’ve had fear in your heart when being stopped by police.
- Put a finger down if you’ve never been given a pass on a citation you deserved.
- Put a finger down if you have been stopped or detained by police for valid reason.
- Put a finger down if you have been bullied solely because of your race.
- Put a finger down if you’ve been denied service solely because of colour of your skin.
- Put a finger down if you’ve ever had to teach your children how t to get killed by police.
Stephen Boss puts down his finger for every statement asked as he can relate to every statement. His wife Allison Holker only puts down her finger for final statement. video ends with a statement, “Any finger left? That’s a privilege.” A lot of netizens voiced ir opinions on this divide of privilege as Stephen Boss had finger left to put down whereas his wife had only put down one finger. Here are some of comments by netizens on Ellen DeGeneres' tweets that said that this divide in privilege is killing us.
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21:08 IST, June 4th 2020