JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ You may be wondering why you woke up this morning to find friends, families, celebrities, corporations and other individuals posting black squares on their social media accounts.
This movement has spread on social media, where organizations, brands and individuals are posting solemn messages featuring stark black backgrounds.
!โ A video scroll of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag on Instagram proves her point: Itโs row after row of black squares, with very few posts of note in between.
And since people have been including the #BlackLivesMAtter tag, in the words of activist Feminista Jones, the protests have been erased from Instagram.
"When you check the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, it's no longer videos, helpful information, resources, documentation of the injustice, it's rows of black screens," music artist Kehlani explained on her Instagram story.