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Meet the Gen Z-er urging you to stop ignoring racism through viral Instagrams

"I knew people were going to look away," says Dom Roberts.

"I knew people were going to look away," says Dom Roberts.

The image was created by 22-year-old Dom Roberts and has since been shared across social media since it was posted on Wednesday. Even Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Bush have shared it on their Instagram accounts.
Roberts, a junior at an extension school of California’s Southeastern University, previously made similar graphics following the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was fatally shot by a white man while jogging earlier this year.
The Gen Z-er referred to similarly formatted posts while researching to vote in the past election. “I just feel like when people share and post graphics like this, it just puts it in plain view.
Roberts, who grew up in a predominantly white, conservative neighborhood in Arizona, used to be hesitant to speak out against racism in fear of how people would react.