Kim
Kardashian has joined other celebrities who are calling for change
after five officers were shot dead in Dallas during a protest over the
deaths of two black men and other injustice melted out on black people.
she began in a
statement posted on her website. The mother-of-two wrote that she wanted her children to grow up in a world knowing 'that their lives matter'.
'This
week we watched Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two innocent black
men, get senselessly murdered by police officers,'
'Like
a lot of you guys, I watched the videos, and was appalled and
completely heartbroken. I was left speechless, angry and numb.'
'I do not ever want to have to teach my son to be scared of the police,' she wrote of her newborn baby Saint.
'Or
tell him that he has to watch his back because the people we are told
to trust—the people who "protect and serve"—may not be protecting and
serving him because of the color of his skin.'
Kim
then asked that people 'peacefully use the power of our voices' to make
change' in the wake of the Dallas shootings that took place on Thursday
night, but did not mention the dead officers.
'The
last thing we need is to fuel anger with more hate or violence,
especially toward the many incredible police officers who risk their
lives every single day to protect our families and communities.'
'It is our responsibility as Americans and as parents to create a safe future for our children,' she added.
'We must do something NOW. We must speak up until we are heard and real, effective changes are made.'
Kim
ended the post by writing the names of a number of high-profile victims
of police brutality, including Sterling, Castile, Michael Brown, Eric
Garner, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland.
'Hashtags are not enough,' she wrote. 'This must end now.'
Kim Kardashian scared for his two kids being black and growing up in America
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