Darius Rucker has officially spoken out against George Floyd's unlawful death, and the subsequent protests for justice that have spanned the nation this week."I have been sitting here trying to figure out what I wanted to say," the Hootie & the Blowfish frontman wrote in an emotional message via Instagram on Monday (June 1)."2020 has already been heartbreaking.
Now, here we are having to again face the truth of racism and the pain and frustration of the African American community," he wrote. "As an American, a father, a son, a brother, a singer, a man...
I have faced racism my whole life, from kindergarten to the life I live today. Racism is not a born thing; it is a taught thing.
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