Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins spoke out on Sunday, May 31, about the death of George Floyd and revealed racism they have personally faced after adopting their daughter, Willa.“As the father of a black daughter and also two white daughters- I have struggled with what to say today,” the country singer, 30, wrote of his 4-year-old, who the couple adopted from Uganda, and their other two children, Ada, 2, and Lennon, 3 months. “We have navigated forms of racism directly and while there is mostly overwhelming support and love for our family, sometimes there is just the opposite.
Because of that fear, it can be a lot easier to choose silence, but today I’m choosing to speak.”Speaking of Floyd, whose death while in police custody in Minneapolis
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