But during the past year, many people have also decided to abandon symbols of hate by reaching out to two tattoo artists in Kentucky. Tattoo artists Ryun King (left) and Jeremiah Swift"Seeing people risking their lives for the Black Lives Matter movement on TV, that moved me greatly," King said. The racist tattoos he'd gotten as a young man -- like a 'White Power' tattoo on his calf -- had become a painful reminder of his past intolerance. You give me a giant, black, racist tattoo, and I'm like, "Okay, well what colors can I use? Certain traditional tattoos work really good -- panthers, eagles, flowers, roses -- stuff you can pack a lot of heavy color in.

Source: CNN April 01, 2021 19:41 UTC