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Ellen DeGeneres speaks out: “People have got away with murder … right now this is not a fair world”


CNN’s Don Lemon shamed a lot of celebrities, including Ellen DeGeneres, for not speaking out during the initial days of unrest following the killing of George Floyd.

An emotional Ellen is speaking out now in a video: “I haven’t spoken directly because I don’t know what to say. I am so sad, and I am so angry. I know I’m not going to say the right thing, I know there are going to be a lot of people who are in disagreement with what I say, but I have a platform and I have a voice and I have always stood for equality.”

“I’ve always wanted to be the voice for people who felt like they didn’t have a voice, because I know what that feels like,” she added. “And maybe you don’t agree with how it’s coming out, but you have to understand it, and then we can heal it. I’m just so sorry that it’s come to this. I really don’t know what to say other than this has gone on way, way, way too long. People have got away with murder. That’s what’s happening. We’ve got to see fairness and justice for all, because right now this is not a fair world, not at all.”

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  1. June 2nd, 2020 at 7:07 pm
    Tommy Marx says:

    I thought that was a very moving response. With all the racial inequality, and the white savior meme prevalent in movies and TV especially, it’s difficult for whites who are angry that we still live in a world where the president is openly racist and black people are killed by the police and others with no consequences whatsoever to know what to say without sounding hollow or fake. I hope her audience listens to her. Yes, all lives matter. But that INCLUDES black lives, and saying that all lives matter as if that’s even an argument completely ignores what people who aren’t white go through on a daily basis. I don’t know what to say or how to fix a severely broken system, but ignoring the problem only makes it so very, very much worse. Ellen’s response isn’t going to solve all of our problems, but it’s not meant to. Acknowleding that there is a problem, however, is a major step on the path to figuring out how to overcome it.

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