Taylor Swift rallies Twitter followers for #BlackLivesMatter, Entertainment News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

LOS ANGELES • As Black Lives Matter protests continue in the United States, singer Taylor Swift has broken her fortnight of silence, using Twitter to express her support for the movement in a series of tweets.

While some fans praised her for lobbying for the cause, others questioned why she had waited so long before breaking her silence, according to Elle magazine.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Swift wrote: "Racial injustice has been ingrained deeply into local and state governments and changes MUST be made there."

She continued: "In order for policies to change, we need to elect people who will fight against police brutality and racism of any kind."

Encouraging her 86.4 million followers to register to vote, she ended the tweet with the hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter.

She also shared a tweet with a link to an article written by former US president Barack Obama on how to keep the momentum of the movement going, calling it a "fascinating read".

Swift ended the thread by urging Americans to "fight for mail-in voting for the 2020 election".

Last Tuesday, the singer had expressed solidarity with the movement by posting on Instagram a black square for Blackout Tuesday, a campaign reportedly started by the US music industry to put a pause on promotional activities and reflect on how to support the black community.

On her Instagram story last Friday, she shared that she had donated to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund and encouraged her followers to do the same.

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