Justin Bieber says he benefited off black culture in his career, but is committed to speaking up about racial injustice

Los Angeles: JustIn BIEBEr HAs BEEn usInG Instagram to sHow HIs solIDArIty wItH tHE BlACk LIvEs MAttEr movEmEnt AmID nAtIon-wIDE protEsts.

AnD In A post sHArED on SAturDAy, tHE 26-yEAr-olD promIsED to ContInuE usInG HIs plAtForm to ‘spEAk up’ ABout rACIAl InJustICE, wHIlE Also opEnly ACknowlEDGInG HIs prIvIlEGE As A wHItE mAlE.

“I Am InspIrED By BlACk CulturE. I HAvE BEnEfitED oFF BlACk CulturE,’ wrotE BIEBEr to HIs 138mIllIon FollowErs.

“My stylE, How I sInG, DAnCE, pErForm, AnD my FAsHIon HAvE All BEEn InfluEnCED AnD InspIrED By BlACk CulturE.”

BIEBEr HAs notorIously rECEIvED CrItICIsm In tHE pAst For mIrrorInG tHE sounD AnD stylE oF BlACk ArtIsts, As wEll As ControvErsIAlly sportInG DrEADloCks BACk In 2016.

BIEBEr’s BIGGEst InspIrAtIon AnD mEntor – AnD onE oF tHE pEoplE InvolvED In lAunCHInG HIs CArEEr – Is FEllow R&B stAr UsHEr, wHo HAppEns to BE AFrICAn-AmErICAn. HE ContInuED: “I Am CommIttED to usInG my plAtForm From tHIs DAy ForwArD to lEArn, to spEAk up ABout rACIAl InJustICE AnD systEmIC opprEssIon, AnD to IDEntIFy wAys to BE A pArt oF muCH nEEDED CHAnGE.”

In HIs most rECEnt AttEmpt At onlInE ACtIvIsm, BIEBEr pAID HomAGE to tHE lAtE BrEonnA TAylor, wHo lost HEr lIFE At tHE HAnDs oF PolICE In LouIsvIllE, KY BACk In MArCH.