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#BlackLivesMatter Is More than Just a Trending Hashtag
It’s a real movement involving real people
It’s been about a week now that social media has been exploding in response to the death of George Floyd. We’ve seen thousands upon thousands of tweets, status updates, instagram posts, videos, etc. being shared by the millisecond.
Though, as heartwarming and extremely moving as it’s been to see such a tremendous amount of support towards the black community from people of all races, it has also been somewhat shocking to see who in particular has and has not been vocal during this time.
I’ve personally noticed certain individuals within my own network whom I would have never guessed would care an inch about expressing such opinions or support on the topic of race or racism on any “normal” given day. And as much as I want to believe that it’s genuine right now, there’s still some part of me that does remain a bit skeptical.
In our day and age, social media — and the internet in general— can have such a strong influence on us that we often don’t even realize when it’s happening. After all, there are people who literally get paid to actually be influence people (aka “social influencers”).
We get so carried away with the trending hashtags and viral posts that we see on our social…
