# @realdlhughley on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ka7RfvPE6
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- **Posted:** 2024-05-29T22:28:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** realdlhughley (@realdlhughley) — https://gondola.cc/realdlhughley

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THE “MOVEMENT” WAS CAPITALIZED ON AND ABANDONED WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER “TRENDING”. #TeamDL

@mrcrim3 :
During the summer of 2020 everyone acted like they cared after George Floyd’s lynching and Black Lives, but it was only a trend. 😒

It was labeled as the largest civil rights protest in American history with an estimated 15-26 million people protesting by July of that year. Companies pledged billions of dollars. Cities painted streets with Black Lives Matter. Pro sports teams knelt together and plastered fields and courts with the same phrase. Politicians knelt with kente cloth. Cities claimed they were ready to defund the police. Statues came down. Social media users blackened their screens. Companies created a record number of DEI jobs and supporting Black-owned businesses became the trend. 😯

Everyone acted like they cared…. Until it wasn’t trendy anymore. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Since then, many DEI jobs have been eliminated, a record number of Black History books and courses have been banned. Companies who pledged to give lied. Large cities haven’t defunded or reallocated any money to the community. But they have given cops more money, and so have colleges. Congress hasn’t looked twice at reparations or police reform. Trump is even more popular than ever and hate crimes are on the rise. 😮‍💨

When I drove around Minneapolis, and saw George Floyd’s memorial, I witnessed a microcosm of America: a mental health crisis, a houselessness crisis, underfunded and neglected Black neighborhoods that were once thriving, unnecessary gun violence, over policing, segregation and yet, I also saw a vision for what we could be if concern for our lives became more than a trend on social media… 💯✌🏾✊🏾

Do you agree? 🤔

🚨Check my bio for resources that will allow you to take action right now! You’ll also find my booking info and access to my new children’s book, which is only being signed between now and #Juneteenth. 

#blacklivesmatter #georgefloyd #defundthepolice #minneapolis #minnesota #breonnataylor #ushistory #blackhistory #2020 #reparations

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ushistory, minneapolis, blackhistory, juneteenth, breonnataylor, teamdl, blacklivesmatter, minnesota, georgefloyd, reparations, 2020, defundthepolice

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