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"You don't know a thing about me" John Boyega has been praised by fans for responding to racist attacks on his Twitter account.

Last week, the Star Wars actor spoke out against the death of George Floyd in the US with anti-racist tweets on the matter, tweeting “I really fucking hate racists” on May 27.

George Floyd died from asphyxiation on last Monday (May 25) in Minneapolis, after a white police officer kneeled on his neck following an arrest, for almost nine minutes.

One Twitter user responded to Boyega’s comments on Monday (June 1), criticising the fact that the actor is British, accusing him of “jumping on the bandwagon” when speaking of the violence inflicted in the US. “You are not even American,” they said. “As disgusting, sad and

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