Aldo Barrita

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Introduction In 2020, public outcry against the social contextual climate surrounding police brutality prompted many social media users to post black squares and use the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter (BLM; Wellman, 2020). Although the posts demonstrated support for BLM, many of the social media users failed to engage with BLM’s history or core principles; instead, they resorted to passive performative activism (Kalina, 2020; Wellman, 2020).