Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds both shared a lengthy statement after donating money to the NAACP legal defense fund as the U.S. sees protests from coast to coast
The couple both posted the same statement on their Instagram accounts, announcing they had donated $200,000 to the NAACP legal defense fund. The statement also acknowledged how they are educating themselves to better help those oppressed by racial bias.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
"We've never had to worry about preparing our kids for different rules of law or what might happen if we're pulled over in the car," the statement read. "We don’t know what it’s like to experience that life day in and day out. We can’t imagine feeling that kind of fear and anger. We’re ashamed that in the past we’ve allowed ourselves to be uninformed about how deeply rooted systemic racism is.
"We want to educate ourselves about other people's experiences and talk to our kids about everything, all of it… especially our own complicity. We talk about our bias, blindness and our own mistakes. We look back and see so many mistakes which have led us to deeply examine who we are and who we want to become," the statement continued.
WATCH: Minneapolis Police Chief Tells George Floyd's Family That 3 Other Cops Were 'Complicit' in KillingTheir statement comes as protests over police violence continue all over the country. The protests began early last week in Minneapolis after the death of Floyd, an African-American man who was killed after a white police officer pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck.
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