Blackout Tuesday: what does the Instagram hashtag mean? Lena, Stefanie Giesinger and FC Bayern are already using it

The death of George Floyd sparked an international outcry. The “Blackout Tuesday” protest campaign on Instagram finds prominent supporters.

• Celebrities around the world post black pictures  on Instagram *.
• Stars show solidarity with George Floyd, who was killed in the United States.
• In Germany , Lena Meyer-Landrut , Stefanie Giesinger and Jérôme Boateng took part in the protest.

Munich - There are shocking pictures that go around the world. A U.S. policeman kneels on the throat of an African American for over eight minutes . Until George Floyd suffocates. The official's apparently racist act caused an international outcry . Since then, massive riots have been raging in the United States . 

Countless people take to the streets to protest racism and police violence . On the other side of the Atlantic, sympathy is also not absent. In the Bundesliga, several professionals * already showed solidarity with George Floyd * at the weekend and made strong statements . A US goalkeeper from the Bundesliga ranted on Twitter against Donald Trump.

After George Floyd's death: Protest against racism on Instagram - Many stars participate 

Now the protest has arrived with a big campaign on the Internet under the hashtag "#blackouttuesday" countless celebrities are taking part in setting a common international mark. 

For those who didn’t notice the Instagram demonstration in advance , the photos of their favorite stars may have been very confusing today . The pictures are completely black . The associated hashtag: " #TheShowMustBePaused ", in German: "The show must be interrupted", explains the format well enough. By the way, absolutely everyone can participate, the outcry is not reserved for the stars and starlets .

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#blackouttuesday ⚫️

A post shared by tz (@tz_muenchen) on Jun 2, 2020 at 3:17 p.m. PDT

Game developers are also showing piety and rapprochement these days . As reported by ingame.de * , the new seasons of the first-person shooter “Call of Duty” were not released due to solidarity. 

USA: Stars show solidarity with George Floyd - Rihanna beside herself

Successful celebrities from the music to the sports world  use their influence for the message. Stars from the USA in particular are taking part in the campaign in large numbers. 

Pop icon Rihanna posted meaningful black squares on both of her Instagram pages, for example. "People, get together!", She asks her followers. "The level of devastation, anger and sadness has been overwhelming in the past few days, " she complained recently.

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For the last few days, the magnitude of devastation, anger, sadness I've felt has been overwhelming to say the least! Watching my people get murdered and lynched day after day pushed me to a heavy place in my heart! To the point of staying away from socials, just to avoid hearing the blood curdling agony in George Floyd's voice again, begging over and over for his life !!! The look of enticement, the pure joy and climax on the face of this bigot, murderer, thug, pig, bum, Derek Chauvin, haunts me !! I can't shake this! I can't get over an ambulance pulling up to an arrest, a paramedic checking a pulse without removing the very thing that's hindering it! Is this that fucking normal ??? If intentional MURDER is the fit consequence for “drugs” or “resisting arrest” .... then what's the fit consequence for MURDER ???! #GeorgeFloyd #AhmaudArbery #BreonnaTaylor

A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on May 29, 2020 at 8:10 am PDT

“It is hard to see how my people are murdered and lynched every day ! To the point that I stay away from social networks just to avoid having to hear the agony in George Floyd's voice again when he pleaded for his life. ”

Also Lena Meyer-Landrut and Jerome Boateng: German stars set an example against racism

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#blackouttuesday #blacklivesmatter #alllivesmatter ✊✊✊✊

A post shared by Jérôme Boateng (@jeromeboateng) on ​​Jun 2, 2020 at 12:02 p.m. PDT

Even big stars in Germany rise symbolically the word. Stefanie Giesinger , Lena Meyer-Landrut and Jérôme Boateng have already posted a black picture . In addition to this message and the caption "#blacklivesmatter" , it doesn't take many words anymore.

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#Blacklivesmatter

A post shared by Lena (@lenameyerlandrut) on Jun 2, 2020 at 2:01 am PDT

In addition to the German stars, a number of athletes and clubs join the campaign. So also FC Bayern, who spread the black picture via Twitter:

#BlackOutTuesday #Rot gegenRassismus pic.twitter.com/orUbV7tVDr

Comedian Oliver Pocher also has a moral concern - to warn the world of stupid messages from Instagramers *.

In the United States, mass demonstrations are warning of the growing risk of corona infection against social ills.

* merkur.de and tz.de are part of the nationwide editorial network of Ippen-Digital.