Britney Spears Supports Black Lives Matter Movement, Some Fans Upset
- Britney Spears has shown her support to the Black Lives Matter movement but some of her fans are not happy
- The US singer took to Instagram on Monday, April 19, and shared a pic of a black man carrying a placard claiming that white people have generational wealth
- The Toxic hitmaker also captioned her post with the hashtags #BLM and #BlackLivesMatter
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Britney Spears took to social media recently to show support to the Black Lives Matter movement but some of her fans were not impressed.
The US singer was praised by a handful of her fans and her peers in the entertainment space for her post about racial injustice in the US.
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The songstress had posted a snap of a black man holding a placard that read:
"White people have generational wealth. Black people have generational trauma #WeAreNotTheSame! #BLM."
The popular Toxic hitmaker captioned her post:
"Just sayin'!!!! #BlackLivesMatter #BLM."
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Most of her 29.4 million Instagram followers dragged the star and pointed out that many white people also don't have generational wealth. One of her followers reportedly begged her to "please don't go down this rabbit hole".
Tweeps have shared mixed thoughts on Britney's #BLM post. Check out some of their comments below:
@ruthlesstruth4 wrote:
"The fans who are pissed should get a hobby."
@__valerieann said:
"Speaking generally, from an overall perspective, she’s not wrong, so... be mad if it makes you feel better or whatever."
@T23lookatmyfeet wrote:
"The ones that are pissed are those who don't want change."
@Js1971Jim commented:
"How can anyone support a group like BLM which says it’s okay to loot and steal from businesses? It’s just awful and anyone who supports BLM needs to wake up."
@talldwarfdances wrote:
"Good, let the racist militants get pissed and stay pissed."
In other news, Legit.ng reported that the former policeman from Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was recorded kneeling on George Floyd and leading to his death has been found guilty on all three counts.
Derek Chauvin's verdict was read on Wednesday, April 21, at the Hennepin County court, after the jurors deliberated for more than 10 hours. The jury of five men and seven women deliberated for four hours on Monday, 19 April, and resumed on Tuesday morning.
Chauvin was found guilty of all the three charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The judge read out the verdict in front of the courtroom noting that the jurors had found him guilty on all three charges and each agreed to the ruling.
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