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		</div><p>Dance group Diversity have won praise for their powerful performance on Britain’s Got Talent inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.</p>
<p>The routine saw a white police officer kneel on star and temporary BGT judge Ashley Banjo, echoing the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, while other dancers performed with police riot shields.</p>
<p>The first half of the performance was set to spoken word poem The Great Realisation by Tomfoolery, which reflects on the coronavirus lockdown.</p>
<p>“Another disease, deep rooted in our system, fear, hate and ignorance, but racism was the symptom.”</p>
<p>As Banjo lay on the floor while the police officer handcuffed him, other dancers crowded around with smartphones as if to film and take photos of the incident.</p>
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<p>The narration continued: “What we thought we knew, some clearly didn’t. Black Lives Matter.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That wasn&#39;t a proformace, it was art. <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyBanjo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AshleyBanjo</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Diversity_Tweet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Diversity_Tweet</a> literally gave me goosebumps the whole way through this. Powerful and strong. <a href="https://t.co/4Qodbkk1MF">pic.twitter.com/4Qodbkk1MF</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jason DMcC (@Jason_D10) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_D10/status/1302360534856196101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The group, who won the talent show in 2009, then all took a knee before the song Black Lives Matter by Dax began, which features the lyrics: “I can’t breathe,” the last words uttered by Floyd.</p>
<p>Afterwards Banjo referred to the performance as a “remix” of the Tomfoolery poem.</p>
<p>He had hinted at the performance ahead of time, writing on Instagram: “Tonight is a big night… The First live semi final on the panel of @bgt and the first TV performance of the year for @diversity_official all in one moment.</p>
<p>“We only had 5 days to prepare, but we put our heart and soul into this one. I hope people are ready – We’ve got something to say.</p>
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<p>Viewers rushed to praise the performance, with one writing on Twitter: “That wasn’t a proformace, it was art.</p>
<p>“@AshleyBanjo and @Diversity_Tweet literally gave me goosebumps the whole way through this. Powerful and strong.”</p>
<p>Another wrote: “that @Diversity_Tweet performance on #BritainsGotTalent gave me CHILLS. balling my eyes out.”</p>
<p>Another said: “Just when you think Diversity couldn’t set the bar any higher they go &; pull something like that out the bag. 11 years on &; they still feel so fresh &; remain the best #BGT.”</p>
<p>Britain’s Got Talent continues on Saturdays on ITV at 8pm.</p>
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