Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who shared on Instagram that they’ll be donating $200K to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and educate their white kids about race and injustice — including their own past failures.
“We’ve never had to worry about preparing our kids for different rules of law or what might happen if we’re pulled over in a car. We can’t imagine feeling that kind of fear and anger.”This is likely a reference to her infamous past as seen in her now-defunct Preserve blog, which garnered criticism for supposedly glorifying a nostalgia for the Antebellum (ie slavery-ridden) South. Either that, or Lively’s controversial comments in 2016 about having an “L.A. face and Oakland booty.”
She went on to acknowledge, rightfully so, that she’s far from perfect when it comes to being an ally.
“We’re ashamed that in the past we’ve allowed ourselves to be uninformed about how deeply rooted systemic racism is.”So, yes, plenty of past mistakes for sure. But the important thing is that Lively and Reynolds are taking ownership over those mistakes, and educating their kids to do better.
“We’ve been teaching our kids differently than our parents taught us. All of it…especially our own complicity. We talk about our bias, blindness, and our own mistakes. We look back and see so many mistakes which have led us to deeply examine who we are and who we want to become… We’re committed to raising our kids so they never grow up feeding this insane pattern.”If you’re also a parent of white children and are trying to educate them on racism and privilege, this guide for teaching kids how to be allies in the fight for racial justice is a great place to start.
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