The death of African-American George Floyd has evoked massive protest in US and many have lent their support through online platform across the globe by calling out racism by trending the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. George Floyd died after a while US cop kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, even after the deceased he can’t breathe.
Bollywood celebrities from Karan Johar to Deepika Padukone to Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor have shown their solidarity. Back home, Tollywood celebrities from Mahesh Babu to Samantha have shown solidarity by participating in #BlackoutTuesday.
Meanwhile, actress Tamannaah Bhatia shared a post where her face was imprint with a hand mark and neck coated with black print too. Sharing the post she used hashtag #AllLivesMatter and the post reads, “Your silence will not protect you. Doesn’t every life matter, human or animal? Muting any form of creation is against the universal law. We must unlearn and learn to be human again, express compassion and practice love. #AllLivesMatter #WakeUpWorld” However her post didn’t go down well by many where she was accused of making Black Lives Matter movement counteractive by using All Lives Matter hashtag.
A user questioned the actress, “All lives will only matter when Black lives matter too. The things that happen are too unjust. Please don’t take that away from them with your All lives matter # it’s absolute nonsense. Please read more and educate yourself.” Check out the netizens reaction:
There are a couple of things I want to point out to you miss Bhatia:
1. DO NOT use black lives matter as an aesthetic
2. Nobody ever said ONLY black lives matter, but all lives can't matter unless you treat black people equally
3. Speak on up racial equality the day bollywood+— ⍟⟭⟬✪𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐲𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭⁷✪⟭⟬⍟ (@winterbearper) June 5, 2020
Did she just "Black Faced" her neck???
WTF… Is wrong with Indian celebrities?? Have they ever read a book???— #BringMigrantsHome (@MuffinMan_78) June 5, 2020
