One Baltimore County resident has gone viral for her social activist-themed fashion choices this Thanksgiving.

Rebecca Malstrom, a 19-year-old sophomore communications major at the University of Maryland, wore a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt to Thanksgiving dinner, but was quickly told by a family member — who feared it would cause controversy from extended family members — to change her shirt.

“I followed the command, but found a loophole,” Malstrom wrote in an email to The Baltimore Sun.

Malstrom returned to her room to change — into another Black Lives Matter T-shirt. She shared the before and after pictures on Twitter, writing, “When you're told to change ur shirt before Thanksgiving Dinner so you happily oblige :-).”

The tweet has since gone viral, receiving more than 43,000 retweets and 121,000 favorites as of Friday afternoon.

“White privilege is real. Would my tweet have gone viral and accumulated so much praise if I wasn't white? Probably not,” Malstrom said in an email. “It's heartbreaking to see myself treated as a ‘hero' for simply advocating for basic human rights.”

— Brittany Britto