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David Guetta Ends Racism
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David Guetta Ends Racism refers to a viral video of DJ David Guetta mentioning the family of George Floyd, who was killed by police in May 2020, by saying, "shout out" to Floyd's family. Online, many mocked the video, calling his comments disrespectful.
Origin
On May 30th, 2020, David Guetta performed a DJ set via live stream on YouTube. During the stream, Guetta said, "The world is going through difficult times, and America, too, actually, so last night, I knew we were gonna do this, and I made a special record, so this record is in honor of George Floyd. And I really hope that we can see more unity and more peace when already things are so difficult, so shout out to his family. The post received more than 3.4 million views (shown below).
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That day, on May 30th, 2020, musician and producer Hudson Mohawke tweeted the clip from the video with the caption, "Dono where to start w counting the levels of tone deaf and wrong here." The tweet received more than 1.2 million views, 15,000 likes and 5,300 retweets in less than one year (shown below).
Dono where to start w counting the levels of tone deaf and wrong here pic.twitter.com/kzbctNwcjv
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) May 31, 2020
The following day, Twitter user @sdbcraig shared the video with the caption "it's lazy and easy to joke that something feels like it was scripted by Sacha Baron Cohen but also." the tweet recievd more tahn 1.7 million views, 1,400 likes and 650 retweets in less than one year (shown below).
it's lazy and easy to joke that something feels like it was scripted by Sacha Baron Cohen but also pic.twitter.com/7hFkUbNIsn
— Sean Craig (@sdbcraig) May 31, 2020
On November 25th, Twitter user @miragonz tweeted the video with the caption, "this is still the #1 funniest thing i've ever seen." The tweet received more than 12,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in less than one year (shown below).
this is still the #1 funniest thing i've ever seen pic.twitter.com/gYYcyZEhkf
— Mira Gonzalez (@miragonz) November 26, 2020
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![How it started | How it's going Ig atlin iverson @extinctdaemon 000 How it started | How it's going 4:17 AM · Nov 29, 2020 · Twitter for Android IMPEN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/952/633/fb2.png)
![David Brent Andy Ha @AndyHa_ 000 Replying to @AndyHa_ "Shout out to his family." 1:39 PM · Aug 31, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/952/631/73f.png)
!["George Floyd is Killed By A White Cop" David Guetta : Shout out to his Family!! AFROSWANKYE 000 @AfroSwanky "George Floyd is Killed By A White Cop" David Guetta : Shout out to his Family!! 1/4 2:43 AM · Jun 1, 2020 · Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/952/628/9fa.png)
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![Definitely going in the book cause "shout out to his family" Ramadan Steve @ghoulscoutxxx 000 Replying to @JAYVERSACE Definitely going in the book cause "shout out to his family" ???????? The NERVE DERTH NOTE 9:41 PM · Jul 14, 2020 · Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/952/622/490.png)
![Did this cracker really just say “shout out to his family”???!!!!! ISHE KOMBORERA AFRICA @ISHEKOMBORERA Replying to @AdequateEmily Did this cracker really just say "shout out to his family"???!!!!! GIF 7:57 PM · May 31, 2020 · Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/952/621/5b5.png)
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