Superstar Kylie Jenner is the premier influencer of her generation — a fashion and reality TV star who parlayed her style and savvy into a billion dollar empire.
You can get there without watching the world closely, and Kylie is dismayed at what she sees. Kylie knows that with her “great power” (of influence) comes “great responsibility.” So she has switched out of her Instagram bikini mode to Martin Luther King Jr. mode — and she is calling for justice.
Kylie states that there is not just one pandemic sweeping the United States, but “two horrific pandemics.” And one of them is racism.
Kylie writes, in part: “Nobody deserves a death like George Floyd and too many others. speaking up is long overdue for the rest of us. we’re currently dealing with two horrific pandemics in our country, and we can’t sit back and ignore the fact that racism is one of them.”
Kylie’s more common and famous Instagram mode is this:
And this:
But as a mother and conscientious objector to injustice everywhere, Kylie has ditched the bikinis for now and is using her platform and power to speak out. MLK Jr. knew that silence was deadly — and that looking away was betrayal. Kylie Jenner doesn’t want to be complicit — she wants to use her voice.
