Meaning of black square | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A predominantly black image, posted by users of social media, as a demonstration of support for awareness and protest campaigns, particularly those related to racism and police brutality.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, square, for example, ■.

Examples

“Instagram is filling up with black squares in the latest movement to protest against racial inequality and police brutality.”

“Instagram users are flooding the platform with black squares in support of black victims of police violence as part of a Blackout Tuesday protest.”

“In June 2020, millions of Instagram users shared black squares along with hashtags including #BlackOutTuesday and #BlackLivesMatter before pausing their social media content for the day.”

“In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, 28 million people posted black squares on their Instagram feeds for Blackout Tuesday, an online form of protest against the systemic racism faced by Black Americans in the U.S.”

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