'We want to use our privilege and platform to be an ally,' the couple said in a statement.
The couple—who are parents to five-year-old James and three-year-old Inez—have faced criticism before for having their wedding reception on a former plantation. However, they appeared to address this backlash in the Instagram post when they explained they are"ashamed" about being previously uninformed.
Their September 2012 wedding was held at Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina, a move that was met with widespread criticism, so much so that picture sharing platform Pinterest banned photos of plantation weddings in 2019. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.Civil rights group Color of Change wrote a letter to Pinterest asking them to ban content about weddings and events held at plantations, which read:"Plantations are physical reminders of one of the most horrific human rights abuses the world has ever seen.
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