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Those who appear in the clip include Sarah Paulson, Julianne Moore, Justin Theroux, Stanley Tucci, Aaron Paul, Kristen Bell, Mark Duplass, Bryce Dallas Howard, Debra Messing, Ilana Glazer, Kesha, Bethany Joy Lenz, Piper Perabo and others.

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00:00I take responsibility.

00:02I take responsibility.

00:05Hollywood stars are taking responsibility.

00:07A new PSA in partnership with the NAACP was released on Thursday,

00:11featuring a number of Hollywood stars pledging to take responsibility

00:14for how they've perpetuated racism or allowed it to go on in their presence

00:18through silence or inaction.

00:21The campaign, which includes stars such as Julianne Moore,

00:23Stanley Tucci, Aaron Paul, Kristen Bell,

00:26Bryce Dallas Howard, Deborah Messing,

00:28Bethany Joy Lenz, and others is hosted by the website

00:31itakeresponsibility.org,

00:33which is created by Tommy Oliver and Adam Plattsner of Confluential Content

00:37in partnership with the NAACP.

00:39Black people are being slaughtered in the streets,

00:42killed in their own homes.

00:43These are our brothers and sisters.

00:46In a statement released with the PSA,

00:48NAACP president and CEO Derek Johnson says,

00:51In order for us as a nation to get to a better place,

00:54we're going to have to adjust how we see each other

00:56and engage in open and honest conversations

00:58that might be painful at times.

01:00The fight for civil rights and human rights

01:02have always required a diverse coalition of partners and allies.

01:06It is powerful when white people can speak openly

01:09about the individual and structural racism

01:11and privilege that deny others their full rights.

01:14We need everyone to join us on the front line

01:16in the fight for justice and equality.

01:18We are done watching them die.

01:20We are no longer bystanders.

01:23We will not be idle.

01:25Enough is enough.

01:26To watch the full PSA,

01:27head to the article on THR.com.

01:29For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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