Madonna and her son David Banda shared a public tribute to victims of police brutality in Minnesota — however followers weren’t fairly pleased with the message they have been sending.
“Brutal homicide travels world wide,” the 61-year-old singer tweeted on Thursday, Might 28, alongside a video of her 14-year-old son. “My son David Dances to honor and pay tribute to George and His Household and all Acts of Racism and Discrimination that occur each day in America. #davidbanda #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd #MichaelJackson.”
Brutal homicide travels world wide my son David Dances to honor and pay tribute to George and His Household and all Acts of Racism and Discrimination that occur each day in America. #davidbanda #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd #MichaelJackson pic.twitter.com/wLa6YKrYF1
— Madonna (@Madonna) Might 28, 2020
Within the video, David does his finest to emulate the late Michael Jackson‘s iconic dance strikes to the pop star’s 1995 protest music, “They Don’t Care About Us.” The singer and her son, who she adopted from Malawi in 2006, have been hoping to make a press release concerning the latest killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis after footage of his wrongful loss of life went viral on social media, inciting riots all through the town. Floyd, 46, was suffocated after being held down by law enforcement officials whereas being arrested on Monday, Might 25.
Regardless of her try at addressing social injustice, followers have been fast to name out the “Like a Prayer” songstress for her “tone deaf” response. Retired basketball participant Rex Chapman mentioned the video was within the operating to be the “worst tweet of all time” and that Madonna had a “bizarre take” on the intense subject. Different followers echoed Chapman’s discomfort with the Grammy winner’s submit — and didn’t maintain again with their criticism.
“I actually respect you for permitting your son to bop away the racism for us,” one Twitter consumer wrote. One other slammed Madonna for her “self-absorbed movie star,” whereas different customers claimed the video was “trash” and “deeply disrespectful.”
Although the “Materials Woman” singer confronted widespread criticism over the video of her son, some followers defended her selection to talk out in a novel method. “It’s a protest music and the message is strictly about what is occurring in US,” one consumer wrote.
Earlier than sharing her son’s tribute, Madonna took to Instagram to talk out about Floyd’s loss of life extra instantly. “Watching this Cop suffocate George Floyd along with his knee on his neck, handcuffed and helpless, crying for his life along with his face on the street is probably the most sickening, heartbreaking factor I’ve seen in a very long time,” she wrote on Wednesday, Might 27. “This has to cease!! … God Bless you George Floyd I’m so sorry for you and your loved ones. And all of the mindless killings which have gone earlier than you.”
Earlier this 12 months, the Queen of Pop was slammed for calling the novel coronavirus “the good equalizer” amid the worldwide outbreak. Madonna additionally has a historical past of constructing controversial feedback about race, and confronted backlash for utilizing photographs of Nelson Mandela, Bob Marley and Martin Luther King Jr. to advertise her 2015 album, Insurgent Coronary heart.
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