Mother of Charlottesville victim presents award at VMAs
Politics took center stage Sunday night at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.
Celebrities who attended the award show made it clear that the events of Charlottesville, Virginia were not far from their minds. Paris Jackson presented the first award and immediately denounced hatred and racism as she took the stage.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We must show these Nazi white supremacist jerks in Charlottesville, and all over the country, that as a nation with liberty as our slogan, we have zero tolerance for their violence and their hatred and their discrimination,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Michael Jackson바카라 게임 웹사이트s eldest daughter said before presenting the best pop video award to Fifth Harmony. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We must resist.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed during the violence earlier this month in Charlottesville, appeared during the ceremony to present the Best Fight Against the System, a category created this year to recognize music videos that embody activism and social justice.
She was introduced by the Rev. Robert Wright Lee, who said he was a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The planned removal of a statue of Lee prompted the Charlottesville demonstration.
The younger Lee called racism 바카라 게임 웹사이트America바카라 게임 웹사이트s original sin.바카라 게임 웹사이트 He said was working to 바카라 게임 웹사이트answer God바카라 게임 웹사이트s call to confront racism and white supremacy바카라 게임 웹사이트 and sought inspiration from the Black Lives Matter movement, participants in January바카라 게임 웹사이트s Women바카라 게임 웹사이트s March and Heyer바카라 게임 웹사이트s bravery for standing up for her beliefs.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Only 15 days ago, my daughter Heather was killed as she protested racism,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Bro told the VMA audience. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I miss her, but I know she바카라 게임 웹사이트s here tonight. I바카라 게임 웹사이트ve been deeply moved to see people across the world — the whole world — find inspiration in her courage.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Bro took her time on the stage to announce the Heather Heyer Foundation, a nonprofit organization that will provide scholarships 바카라 게임 웹사이트to help more people join Heather바카라 게임 웹사이트s fight against hatred.바카라 게임 웹사이트