Queer actress Sophia Bush has earned praise for comments she made about white allyship at the NAACP Image Awards on February 28.

“Art is always political,” she told Refinery29 in an interview outside the event. “As the white friend at this event, I’m gonna go ahead and say to the women who look like me – to the men who look like me – it’s incredibly important to remember that so much of what we love in America comes from Black culture.”

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“And white people need to show up for Black people the way they show up to be entertained by Black culture,” she said. “So, given who’s in office and given what we’re seeing happening to Black and brown communities in our country, we better get our sh*t together.”

Folks on social media have praised the actress for using her platform to speak out.

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Source: LGBTQ Nation