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Alexander and Danielle 36th Anniversary

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I got a message from the editor-in-chief, Danielle Bilson, over at The Root. She was my former editor, my former boss, and she reached out to let me know that Taylor Swift was interested in the video. Taylor was doing her own research! Honey is out here learning and trying to use her platform, which is one of the world's largest platforms. Let's be real, she's using that platform to educate not only the people that follow her, look up to her and listen to everything she says, but for herself, so I respect that. I respect her trying to learn. I respect her trying to educate people. I respect her even asking permission to post the video, because she knows that The Root is a platform that is black and unapologetic, and thus has definitely made content about our girl Taylor. So, she knows that that exists, and I thought that was really just quite bomb of our girl Taylor. It's just so beautiful that someone of her caliber and of her stature could do something this supportive of Black lives. Voices like Taylor's are very important because here's the thing - I feel like a lot of the time, Black people are having these conversations within our own groups. Taylor represents a larger, much more diverse demographic, and then also she represents people that may not be having these conversations. So, someone like her, taking the time out to not only share these messages but implore that people become educated and offer them some type of action item around it - I think that is incredible. Those are the types of conversations that should be happening.

Danielle Young, journalist and content creator whose video Taylor shared on her platforms, about Taylor doing her own research and asking for permission for her Juneteenth post (ET Online, June 19th 2020)

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