Actress Yara Shahidi who is the voice of Gen Z posted an emotional video in the wake of the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas this weekend!
Actress Yara Shahidi holds a strong voice. She is also an activist and after the mass shootings which took place in Texas and Ohio, Yara made a strong moving speech on her social media. She is the voice of Generation Z and is, therefore, a vital part of this era.
Yara Shahidi and her powerful speech
Actress Yara Shahidi, 19 uploaded a video of her speech in the aftermath of the mass shootings which took place at Walmart, El Paso, Texas, and Ohio.
Yara had been quite vocal about the problems which have hit the USA in recent years. In her speech, Yara said that there should be a dissolution of white supremacy. Additionally, she stated that the elected government and its officials should be held responsible for all the deaths in the mass shooting.
In her speech on social media, Yara also talked about Tamir Rice, 12 who was killed by a Cleveland police officer in the year 2014.
The said police officer has not faced any charges for the death of Tamir and has been recruited to the Ohio police force in 2018. Yara also mentioned about the murder of rapper cum entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle this year in April outside his store Marathon Clothing in Los Angeles.
Yara Shahidi and her speech
Yara further continued:
Yara had captioned this emotional video with the following words:
The comments to Yara’s posted video
Celebrities and fans applauded her video. Zendaya and Amanda Seales put up heart emojis for her video. And Kendrick Sampson commented:
Additionally, Chloe x Halle wrote:
While Billy Porter stated:
Tracee Ellis Ross put up Yara’s video on her Instagram and wrote:
While Zoe Kravitz also had positive comments for the star.
Short Bio on Yara Shahidi
Yara Sayeh Shahidi is an American actress and model. She is famous for playing Zoey on the sitcom Black-ish. Shahidi is a teenager and has achieved sky-high success at this early age. She has bagged several characters and so much success also and she is now just a 17 years old girl. More Bio…
Source: Marie-Claire
