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Award-winning singer and businesswoman Rihanna went full incognito mode to attend a #StopAsianHate protest on Sunday 4 April in New York Metropolis.
WATCH RIHANNA SHOW SUPPORT AGAINST ASIAN HATE
TikToker @jeanniejay helped host a #StopAsianHate protest in New York and he or she was shocked to seek out the Umbrella singer amongst the group as one of many protesters.
“Look who got here out to our march I’m —- SENT 🥵🥵🥵 we stan our day 1 woke queen @rihanna,” she captioned the video.
RIHANNA’S HANDMADE PLACARD
Rihanna went totally undercover in a black facemask, darkish sun shades and a baseball cap holding a neon pink placard within the air. Her handcrafted placard learn “STOP ASIAN HATE” on one facet and “HATE= RACISM AGAINST GOD” on the opposite facet.
Rihanna’s assistant Tina Truong additionally posted footage to her Instagram story of the Diamonds singer making the signal in addition to a couple of movies from the precise protest.
The Fenty Magnificence proprietor can be seen dancing to chants of “my physique, my enterprise”.
FAN: ‘THAT’S YOU?’
Rihanna was so unrecognisable on the protest {that a} fellow protester requested her for her Instagram deal with, probably to tag her on his social media movies.
Rihanna then typed in @badgirlriri on his cellphone and he took some time to digest that it’s really Rihanna.
RIHANNA JOINS HASHTAG ACTIVISM
Other than displaying as much as the protest, Rihanna additionally confirmed help for Asian folks in opposition to hate on her social media accounts the place she has a following of 93.9 million folks, influential to say the least. She posted underneath #ProtectAAPILives to point out help for Asian folks.
The #StopAsianHate motion has grown over the previous few months following asurge in Asian hate crimes following the coronavirus pandemic. In accordance with Dazed Digital, a report discovered that 3800 Asian People reported hate associated incidents since March of 2020 to February 2021.
The hate in opposition to Asian folks was taken to the following stage on the Atlanta shootings that killed eight ladies, six of which had been of Asian descent. In Rihanna’s submit she addresses the shootings .
“what occurred yesterday in Atlanta was brutal, tragic, and is actually not an remoted incident by any means,” wrote Rihanna on Instagram.
“I’m heartbroken for the Asian neighborhood and my coronary heart is with the family members of these we misplaced yesterday,” she added.
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