K-Pop Fans Drown Out Racists By Co-Opting #WhiteLivesMatter On Twitter And Instagram

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K-Pop Fans Drown Out Racists By Co-Opting #WhiteLivesMatter On Twitter And Instagram
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#WhiteLivesMatter is trending on Twitter for this reason.

Korean pop fans have reclaimed the #WhiteLivesMatter from racists on both Twitter and Instagram—tagging posts of K-popstars, in a display of global solidarity with those protesting for racial equality in the United States.... [+]The K-pop fans from around the world—a massive force on social media—are acting as allies with Black Lives Matter, by hashtagging #whitelivesmatter on videos, photos and written statuses featuring Korean pop icons on both Twitter and Instagram.

Other hashtags are being overwhelmed with pop music and peaceful content, like the hashtag #bluelivesmatter, which has also been used in opposition to the #blacklivesmatter movement and to emphasize support for police but has been repurposed for appreciation of blue cartoon characters like Blues Clues and Sonic the Hedgehog.White Lives Matter has been a racist movement in response to the Black Lives Matter movement for equal opportunity, civil rights and justice for black Americans.

This is not the first move of global solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement—people gathered in Paris, London, Auckland, Copenhagen, Tokyo in the last couple days—to show solidarity with those protesting the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in police custody and advocating for racial equality.

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