TAYLOR Swift has called for Tennessee's "despicable" Confederate statues to be torn down.
The hitmaker took to Twitter and said the monuments "celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things", adding, "it makes me sick".
She wrote: "As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things.
"Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such."
Taylor, 30, went on to criticize the state's vow to replace the statue of former Tennessee senator Edward Carmack, which was torn down in last week's protests.
She continued: "Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring us one small step closer to making ALL Tennesseans and visitors to our state feel safe – not just the white ones.
"We need to retroactively change the status of people who perpetuated hideous patterns of racism from ‘heroes’ to ‘villains.’ And villains don’t deserve statues.
"When you fight to honor racists, you show black Tennesseans and all of their allies where you stand, and you continue this cycle of hurt. You can’t change history, but you can change this."
Black Lives Matter protesters have torn down a number of statues over recent days including a monument of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Virginia.
The attacks came as demonstrators across the country continued to target symbols of white supremacy in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Meanwhile, Taylor attacked President Trump and accused him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy”.
The outspoken star tagged Trump in a tweet and let him know she’s going to rally against his possible reelection come the fall.
She wrote: “After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?
“‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November.”
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