Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Donate $200k to the NAACP and Pledge to Examine Their Bias and Complicity

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have donated $200,000 to the NAACP and released a statement about their own complicity in systemic racism—as well as their commitment to educate themselves and become more informed. “We’ve never had to worry about preparing our kids for different rules of law or what might happen if we’re pulled over in the car," the couple wrote in their statement. "We don’t know what it’s like to experience that life day in and day out.

We can’t imagine feeling that kind of fear and anger. We’re ashamed that in the past we’ve allowed ourselves to be uninformed about how deeply rooted systemic racism is." They also spoke about their plans to educate their children so they don't contribute to this awful cycle: A post shared by