'West Side Story' Actress Rachel Zegler Deletes TikTok Account After Discovering 'Black Lives Matter' & 'George Floyd' Are Blocked(via JustJared)
West Side StoryThe 19-year-old singer and actress tweeted that she deleted her TikTok account after finding out that the social media app has blocked “Black Lives Matter” and all hashtags relating towas a 46-year-old black man who was killed by Minneapolis cops while being arrested earlier this week. In a video that was taken by an eyewitness, he could be heard saying “I can’t breathe” while an officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes.
If this obvious racism is not addressed properly out of genuine care for the situation ,”. “I will be deleting my profile, deleting the app altogether, + encouraging my followers to do the same. You have the opportunity to spread awareness right now, as an extremely popular social media app. But instead you perpetuate oppression by not promoting amazing black creators and now this? Pretty clear where your loyalty lies. Racism is a serious problem.
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