Check out the images from Keke Palmer’s Fault Magazine Spread “KEKE PALMER | TAKE ME TO THE CHURCH OF FREEDOM”
In honor of the UK’s Black History Month, Keke Palmer sat down with Fault Magazine to discuss 2020, challenges she’s faced and overcame, mental health, and the black lives matter movement.
Most people can relate when someone says that 2020 has been a tough year. All across the globe, people felt the impact of COVID-19 and the second global pandemic- racism. Keke Palmer is no different, this past summer her and countless other celebrities and social influenceres hit the streets to protest and advocate against racial injustice.
While speaking with Fault magazine she was asked about her mental health and how she’s been able to remain positive during these unpleasant times. She responded saying that being with her close friends and family has helped her. “I’ve stayed close to friends and family and put emphasis on the ones that I love—appreciating them while they’re with me because we’re constantly reminded that life can be gone any second. I think it’s vital that when you are faced with so much negativity, you remind yourself of the polarity of life and appreciating my family and my loved ones is allowing me to keep my sanity. Crazy stuff is going to keep happening in life, but it’s who you have around you that will make a difference.”
When asked about a black icon she would enjoy playing on the big screen she answered, “Whitney Houston would be so amazing! I would love to play her or just be a part of bringing a version of her story to life that her family would be proud of. I love Whitney Houston, and I feel the same way about Aaliyah as well.”
Take a look at some of the images from her shoot below.
” Black women are strong because we’ve been forced to be strong because of those types of situations. That doesn’t mean that we want to be, or that we don’t have a vulnerable side or get emotional. Being strong is a characteristic of a marginalized group, but that’s not all that we are. When a black woman is saying something, her being strong shouldn’t undercut her also being a victim.” -Keke Palmer
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