Published 10:34 IST, July 28th 2020

When Selena Gomez Had Made Fun Of The Black Lives Matter Movement; read details

Selena Gomez is considered as one of the well-known celebrities. It was in 2016 when she gave a controversial statement on the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Selena Gomez recently kickstarted an initiative for Black Lives Matter movement. However, star h me a controversial statement regarding movement a few years ago. It was back in year 2016 when her BFF Taylor Swift was in dispute with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Reportedly, whole situation was regarding rapper’s well-kwn song Famous. In same year, a leaked audiotape with several accusations went viral on social media. It was n Selena Gomez h me a controversial statement and mocked Black Lives Matter movement.

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When Selena Gomez h me fun of BLM movement

In year 2016, when Torcher Box singer Kim Kardashian shared Taylor Swift’s video on Snapchat, her best friend, Selena Gomez got into a situation and gave a debatable statement. Selena, on her Twitter handle, wrote that re are various or important topics on which one can talk. She asked why couldn't people raise ir voice for something that actually mattered in real life?.

It was n a netizen asked Selena why she did t raise her voice against social causes. He also asked her why she hn't even spoken once about topics like police brutality or Black Lives Matter. In answer to this, Selena h said that ‘'oh lol so that means if I hashtag something I save lives? Gomez may have deleted tweet, but memory is still fresh amongst many of her fans and users.

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When Selena thanked activists

Recently, in June 2020, Selena Gomez thanked black leers, authors and activists who used her Instagram handle as a platform to speak out against racism for two weeks. Earlier in month of June, Gomez anunced that she would be turning her Instagram account over to “black voices” following death of George Floyd. With this, singer also supported and movement that started post his killing.

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Speaking about same, Selena, in one of her posts, wrote that after thinking about how best to use her social media account, she decided that everyone needed to hear more from black voices. She also ted that over next few days, she would be highlighting influential leers and giving m a chance to take over her Instagram so that y could speak directly to more people. After initiative ended, Selena Gomez took opportunity to thank individuals who participated and shared her commitment to continuing to educate herself.

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10:34 IST, July 28th 2020