Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds revealed that they have donated $200,000 (approximately £161,000) to the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People following the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died last week after he was arrested and pinned to the ground by a police officer. Footage from the incident showed the unarmed 46-year-old telling the officers he could not breathe.
His death has sparked protests across the United States and around the world and has prompted many to donate to causes including the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter movement.
The celebrity couple revealed in an extended Instagram post that they felt “ashamed” that they had previously “allowed [them]selves to be uninformed about systemic racism” and said
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