Published 18:49 IST, June 1st 2020
'All lives do not live in fear of getting killed': Actor Gwyneth Paltrow pens strong post
Gwyneth Paltrow recently took to her social media handle and posted about George Floyd's death
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Hollywood actor Gwyneth Paltrow is kwn to openly express her views on a variety of issues. In past, actor has talked about veganism and climate change. w, actor spoke about recent incident that has shaken world and it is murder of George Floyd.
Gwyneth Paltrow says ''Black Lives Matter''
Gwyneth Paltrow took to her official social media handle on June 1, 2020, and posted a photo that read, “BLACK LIVES MATTER”. It went on to garner over 80 thousand likes within seven hours. re have been debates in past about how saying that Black Lives Matter is itself discriminatory. But actor posted it anyway and had an explanation to back it up. In caption, it was stated that saying Black Lives Matter is written because ors do t suffer as much as y do. She also said that t every one lives in fear as much as Black community does and that y are getting killed just because of ir skin colour.
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She captioned this post saying, “If you feel compelled to comment “all lives matter” in response to this post and you’re t a bot (which you probably are), r an nt provocateur trying to create instability and division in our country, you might want to consider that you are reacting from a blind spot of white privilege. Saying “all lives matter” is a denial of how dangerous it is to simply live as a black person in America. “All lives” do t live in fear of getting killed simply because of colour of ir skin.”
In caption, she also talked about several organisations that are out re to help Black community. She has also asked for donations from her fans and followers.
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“@bailproject, a national jail fund that fights racial and ecomic inequalities in jail system; @blackvisionscollective, a social justice organization and legal fund based in Minneapolis–St. Paul; rth Star Health Collective provides health care and or resources to activists and organizers on ground: https://www.rthstarhealthcollective.org. @NAACP Legal Defense Fund, country’s first human and civil rights law firm. @aclu_nationwide provides a broad range of legal services for civil rights issues; and @Colorofchange, nation’s largest online racial justice organization.”
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18:49 IST, June 1st 2020