Taylor Swift makes Juneteenth pledge to be ‘loudly anti-racist’

No friendship is perfect. Katy Perry and Taylor Swift “fight like cousins,” even after they ended their years-long feud. The “Teenage Dream” singer was asked about her friendship with the Grammy winner on the Friday, July 10, episode Capital Breakfast With Roman Kemp, where cohost Sian Welby asked Perry about a theory that she and Swift are ninth cousins.

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Taylor Swift has spoken out about the US census, saying it erases transgender and non-binary people.The census collects data on every person living within the United States and its five territories, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.During a speech for Pride Live’s celebration of Stonewall Day, Swift called out the makers of the census for only offering two gender options.

Taylor Swift, an increasingly vocal pop star and supporter of the LGBTQ community, appeared during the Friday (June 26) Stonewall Day livestream to commemorate the day and speak out against trans erasure.

George Clooney issued a perfect callout to Donald Trump while also giving money to an amazing organization in honor of Juneteenth.The actor donated $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative this week in honor of the longstanding holiday, also known as Jubilee Day or Freedom Day, which marks the official end of slavery in the United States, which finally happened on June 19, 1865.

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George Clooney still knows how to get in a fierce zinger. The 59-year-old actor took President Donald Trump to task after he claimed that he “did something good” by making Juneteenth “very famous.” June 19 is the date that recognizes the emancipation of the last remaining slaves in the United States in 1865. George used Trump’s wild boast to throw shade at him for now being associated with the holiday for all of the wrong reasons.

Danielle Young is happy to see people around the country celebrating Juneteenth.She spoke with ET on Friday, just hours after Taylor Swift shared a video on Twitter about the significance of June 19 and why it should be celebrated as a national holiday. That video was a piece Young originally filmed for back when she was working for them in 2017.«I got a message from the editor-in-chief, Danielle Bilson, over at.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEight-time Grammy winner Usher Raymond penned an impassioned and informative essay in the Washington Post today arguing that, while the Fourth of July should be celebrated, for black people “Juneteenth is our authentic day of self-determination. It is ours to honor the legacy of our ancestors, ours to celebrate and ours to remember where we once were as a people.

"Personally, I’ve made the decision to give all of my employees June 19th off in honor of Freedom Day from now on, and to continue to educate myself on the history that brought us to this present moment," she wrote in the caption of a video by .

Taylor Swift has opened up about the importance of Juneteenth in a series of posts on Twitter.The 30-year-old ME! singer shared an article from The Root that included a video of the history of the holiday – when the Emancipation Proclamation was read to Texan slaves on June 19, 1865, after the South lost the U.S.

Taylor Swift has promised to be “loudly and ferociously anti-racist” going forward and to “not let privilege lie dormant”.The pop star made the pledge earlier today (June 19) as an acknowledgement of Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the US.After sharing a video from the publication The Root explaining why Juneteenth should be a national holiday in the States, Swift said that she would be giving all of her employees the day off “in honour of Freedom Day from now on”.

Taylor Swift is taking Friday (June 19) off to celebrate Juneteenth and rededicate herself to learning and listening. In a series of early morning tweets, Swift thanked the site The Root for letting her repost a video explaining why the annual celebration of the end of slavery should be a national holiday.

Taylor Swift has joined calls for Juneteenth, the date which marks the official end of slavery in the US, to be made a national holiday.