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Lil Nas X Calls #BlackoutTuesday The ‘Worst Idea,’ Says We Should Be As ‘Loud As Ever’

Out rapper Lil Nas X is taking to Twitter and expressing his true feelings for Blackout Tuesday and how we can better support the Black community beyond the Instagram trend.

In case you haven’t seen the trend take place all day, Blackout Tuesday involves users posting a solid black square to show support for Black Lives Matter. The only problem with this trend is that when everyone posts a black square and captions it with #BlackLivesMatter, it clogs up the hashtag. It becomes difficult for people to look up useful information and resources for the protests happening around the country.

“I just really think this is the time to push as hard as ever,” wrote the rapper. “I don’t think the movement has ever been this powerful. We don’t need to slow it down by posting nothing. We need to spread info and be as loud as ever.”

Many Twitter and Instagram users were urging others to edit their IG posts and utilize the hashtag #BlackoutTuesday instead of #BlackLivesMatter. And the push to change hashtags seems to have worked. #BlackLivesMatter isn’t a giant wall of black squares anymore, like it was this morning.

Lil Nas X wasn’t the only one to question the black squares. Many called out the black box trend as a form of fake activism and said that people were posting their black image and then doing nothing else to support the cause.

Former editor-in-chief of Out Magazine Phillip Picardi posted multiple LGBTQ+ businesses that people could donate to and support if they wanted to go “beyond the black square.” Check out those businesses in the embedded tweet below and go here if you’re looking for more resources or other ways to support the cause.

 

 

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