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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas raise their voice against racial injustice in United States

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: June 4, 2020 12:56 IST

The cruel death of George Flyod has shattered the human race giving rise to a new movement against racial ...

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The cruel death of George Flyod has shattered the human race giving rise to a new movement against racial discrimination that has plagued the world for years. On the wake of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that has engulfed US actor Priyanka Chopra and her singer husband Nick Jonas have lent their support to the cause. 

In an Instagram post, Nick mentioned that he and his former beauty queen wife, Priyanka were extremely disturbed by the ‘systemic racism, bigotry and exclusion’ in the US and around the world.  The singer, added that they have donated to the Equal Justice Initiative and American Civil Liberties Union.

He further added, ''The time to take action is NOW. It’s no longer enough to say “I’m not racist”. We must all do the work to be ANTI racist and stand with the black community. In our first step towards our continued efforts to help fight this fight, Pri and I have donated to the @eji_org & @ACLU''. Earlier, Priyanka wrote a strongly-worded Instagram post, condemning racism and demanded justice on the cruel death of George Flyod.

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