why selena gomez is the martin luther king, jr: a thread

let's start with the obvious: they're both cultural icons. Selena redefined pop music the same way mlk redefined america.

Selena's arrest in Spring Breakers was compared by critics to the arrest of mlk for speeding in 1956.

King stood up against racism and shifted race relations in the United States, fighting for the rights of black people. The same way Selena has used her instagram for black people to have a giant platform on the app to express the movement, Black Lives Matter.