Wanda Sykes is calling on white people to “step up” to combat racism as Americans take to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd.
In a video the comedian shared on Instagram — which she captioned “#blacklivesmatter I’ve been drinking…but that’s when the truth comes” — she expresses her anger, frustration and exhaustion over the fact that, a half-century after the civil rights marches of the 1960s, systemic racism in America still persists. “I’m tired. …It’s been a lot,” Sykes said. “Here’s the thing, I’m tired.
I’m exhausted. And I appreciate them, but I’m tired of getting texts from my white friends saying, ‘Thinking of you, I hear you, I love you.’ That’s great and I appreciate it… I’m not discounting them at all but… it’s
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