Lin-Manuel Miranda has apologised for failing to publicly denounce systemic racism and white supremacy sooner. In the wake of riots across the U.S., following the death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of white police officers, the 40-year-old Hamilton creator and actor took to social media to affirm his support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
He began his short Twitter statement by pointing out how quickly the Broadway show was to respond to previous crises and incidents of racism and hatred. “We spoke out on the day of the Pulse shooting.
We spoke out when Vice President Mike Pence came to our show 10 days after the election,” he said. “That we have not yet firmly spoken the inarguable truth that Black Lives Matter
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