--- description: #StayHomeSeptember262016 title: Isaiah Washington Wants Black Americans to Boycott Work image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17551e153bf1b63d/6988a77b5f570f885fb22a41/gettyimages-532946208.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Actor Isaiah Washington Wants Black Americans to Boycott Work on Monday by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2016 3:19 PM CUT  Isaiah Washington of the series 'The 100' attends The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront at The London Hotel on May 19, 2016 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage Isaiah Washington of the series 'The 100' attends The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront at The London Hotel on May 19, 2016 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik—WireImageDaniel Zuchnik—WireImage by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2016 3:19 PM CUT Actor Isaiah Washington called on the African American community nationwide to [boycott their obligations on Monday](https://www.facebook.com/isaiahwashington46/posts/10209222354172526 "undefined") in the wake of the police shootings of black men in North Carolina and Oklahoma. Washington suggested that the boycott, during which African Americans would avoid going to work, school, and shops, would spur the greater national community to consider the economic impact blacks have in the U.S. “Imagine if every single African American in the United States that was really fed up with being angry, sad and disgusted, would pick ONE DAY to simply ‘stay at home’ from every single job, work site, sports arena and government office in the United States of America,” Washington wrote on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/isaiahwashington46/posts/10209222354172526 "undefined"). “I’m very sure that within 72 hours from Wall Street to the NFL…Black Lives Would Matter.” Washington used the hashtags [#RIPTerenceCrutcher](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ripterencecrutcher?source=embed "undefined") [#HandsUpDontShoot](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/handsupdontshoot?source=embed "undefined") as well as [#StayHomeSeptember262016](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StayHomeSeptember262016?src=hash "undefined") in his orginal post, which went up Sept. 21\. On Monday Sept. 19, the Tulsa police department released a video that showed 40-year-old Crutcher being shot and killed by police while his hands were in the air. Later that week, another black man was shot and killed by police in Charlotte. Videos of that shooting, witness and police accounts all tell conflicting stories—the family of Keith Lamont Scott insists he was unarmed, while police say he was holding a gun when they shot and killed him. A quick scan of the [hashtag #StayHomeSeptember262016](https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23StayHomeSeptember262016%20&src=typd "undefined") shows that while some may be participating , most who are aware of it have said the pull of work and bills is keeping them from participating. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4507756/actor-isaiah-washington-wants-black-americans-to-boycott-work-on-monday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4507756/actor-isaiah-washington-wants-black-americans-to-boycott-work-on-monday/"},"headline":"Actor Isaiah Washington Wants Black Americans to Boycott Work on Monday","datePublished":"2016-09-26T15:19:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:49:42.377Z","description":"#StayHomeSeptember262016","url":"https://time.com/4507756/actor-isaiah-washington-wants-black-americans-to-boycott-work-on-monday/","keywords":["celebrities","protest","protests"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17551e153bf1b63d/6988a77b5f570f885fb22a41/gettyimages-532946208.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17551e153bf1b63d/6988a77b5f570f885fb22a41/gettyimages-532946208.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront","caption":"The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront","creditText":"Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4507756/actor-isaiah-washington-wants-black-americans-to-boycott-work-on-monday/","name":"Actor Isaiah Washington Wants Black Americans to Boycott Work on Monday"}}]}] ```