VMAs 2016: Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Pose With Mothers Of Trayvon Martin And Eric Garner

Perhaps one of the most poignant parts of last night’s MTV Video Music Awards came courtesy of Beyonce, who brought along the entire cast of her visual album, Lemonade, including the parents of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Mike Brown and Oscar Grant.

Sybrina Fulton, Gwen Carr, Lesley McSpadden-Head and Wanda Johnson all tragically lost their sons at the hands of police brutality in recent years and appeared in ‘Lemonade’ holding photos of their sons, who were shot and killed in racially-charged situations.

Kim Kardashian has always been incredibly vocal about racism and police brutality, writing two hearbreaking essays following the senseless murders of these young men, which is probably why she was eager to pose with a photo alongside the four brave women and her husband, Kanye West.

Sharing the group shot on Snapchat, Kim Kardashian didn’t caption the image.

Kim previously expressed her concerns about her children - three-year-old North and eight-month-old Saint - growing up in a racist and ignorant society, revealing that she is eager to teach them that their lives matter.

She wrote: “We talk about race in America every single day in our house. The topic really does get broached, somehow, every single day.

"Kanye’s just really vocal and I definitely know that our kids will grow up having a really good sense of their different backgrounds.

"I know Kanye is so excited to talk to them about how he grew up. As a little kid, they don’t grasp how they might be different from other little kids. They don’t understand colour, or background, and that’s why children are so amazing.”

Responding to the tragic shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Kim wrote: “This week we watched Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two innocent black men, get senselessly murdered by police officers.

"Like a lot of you guys, I watched the videos, and was appalled and completely heartbroken. I was left speechless, angry and numb.

"I want my children to grow up knowing that their lives matter.

"I do not ever want to have to teach my son to be scared of the police, or tell him that he has to watch his back because the people we are told to trust - the people who ‘protect and serve’ - may not be protecting and serving him because of the colour of his skin.”

When North was just an infant, Kim was forced to speak out in her daughter’s defence after she was racially abused on a plane.