How billionaires are responding to the George Floyd protests

Elon Musk, Melinda Gates, and Jeff Bezos all addressed Floyd's death on social media.REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo; REUTERS/Stephen Yang; REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne; Taylor Nicole Rogers/Business Insider

• Several American billionaires have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the growing civil unrest, but not all of it has been well received.
• The United States is facing a national reckoning over racism, as cities across the country erupted in protests over the weekend following the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.
• Mark Zuckerberg spoke out against the United States' history of systemic racism but is facing outrage from Facebook's users and employees for refusing to remove Trump's post threatening to use deadly force against US citizens involved in the protests.

Several billionaires are among the millions of Americans who have taken to social media to show their anger over the killing of George Floyd.

Some expressed their disgust that not all of the police officers involved have been indicted, while others asked for advice on how they could help. Not all of their actions and comments were well received, however.

American cities erupted in protests over the weekend after the recent deaths of three African Americans — Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. At the same time, black Americans are dying at disproportionately high rates of the novel coronavirus.

Keep reading to see how a few of America's wealthiest people have responded to the protests.