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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