Sick of police violence, black woman gets millions of views painting herself white
A black woman has filmed herself painting her body white as a protest against the recent police shootings in the United States.
Tashala Dangel Geyer, who's from Daytona Beach, Florida, according to reports, filmed the 40-minute Facebook Live segment in her home Wednesday. Snippets have since been uploaded to YouTube and Instagram.
During the clip, Geyer paints most of her body brilliant white using materials from Home Depot, while satirically advising other black people to do the same to ensure their own safety.
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"This is the best shit I ever could have thought of, it's saving my life," she says at the start of one clip. "The Lord woke me up and sent me this sign," she adds.
"If you want to survive, go white," she says later in the video, a clip of which was also posted to Instagram.
"Ronald McDonald on their ass; you won't get shot."
The footage has been removed from YouTube and Geyer said that it was initially taken down from Facebook before being reinstated. Mashable has reached out to Facebook for comment.
The clip on her Facebook page has garnered 26 million views at time of writing.
Two black men have been shot by police in the U.S. in the last week. Terrence Crutcher was fatally shot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sept. 16 while Keith Scott was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday.
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