In an open letter posted to his Instagram account, Michael B. Jordan breaks his silence on police brutality.
He writes:
I’ve been trying to process all that has occurred in the last few days and I’m still looking for the words to express my pain. The fact is Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were not unfortunate accidents. These are just a few of the countless incidents of violent neglect, poor training and lack of accountability that clearly illustrate one thing: Black people are being disproportionally dehumanized and murdered, this must stop!
I care about the safety of my black brothers and sisters and my blue ones too. There are no adequate words for the fallen officers in Dallas. From the bottom of my heart, I thank them for protecting the peaceful protestors, their courage and effort to support us is what we need more of.
This hits close to home. It could have easily been myself, my little brother, my dad, one of my friends, or any of us. When one of us is murdered because a police officer is “afraid for their life”, it pains us – we feel it. In the wake of these senseless murders, our homes are forever broken; families are left to figure it out. I’m concerned about my mother, my sister, and all my magical black women that are left to pick up the pieces. Often they are not acknowledged or thanked for being on the front line fighting these battles for and with us, but know your continued strength, courage, and unwavering love and support gives us the strength to keep fighting. Finding solutions in these times of survival are seemingly hard to identify but we must continue to keep moving forward. Alternatively, violence is not the answer; it only begets more fear and violence. This is the time to unify; our communities, our churches and our homes. My mission is to channel my anger and energy – along with my love and hope for the future into actively finding solutions. Change will take all of us, we can no longer say or do…Nothing.
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” -MLK
Didn’t he get his n-gga wake up call recently when he got snubbed for an Oscar? That will do it every single time.
IDK I mean he tap danced and went to the Oscars anyway and didn’t participate in the boycott.
I’m still going to side eye him.
I thought I was the only one! Lol!
I mean I understand. He has said some problematic things in the past. But keep in mind people change everyday.
lmao
Good for him. Every black celebrity needs to be using their platform for good right now.
I agree. A lot of them don’t speak out because it may cost them their careers and I get it because as a person, I would not want to lose my job either. But I think like him you get to a point in your life where you keep seeing the same thing over and over again and it sort of gets harder and harder to keep quiet. Good for him.
I’m just happy to see him speaking out. Every voice counts right now.
Not sure im believing this, seems like someone on his team told him speak up before his black card gets revoked
I’m glad he spoke out, especially since he portrayed Oscar Grant. It must have really hit close to home for him.