Following the death of George Floyd, Billie Eilish shared a passionate message to her Instagram followers calling on her white fans to recognize their privilege. The lengthy statement, posted Satur…
shared a passionate message to her Instagram followers calling on her white fans to recognize their privilege.
“I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out a way to address this delicately,” Eilish wrote. “I have an enourmous [sic] platform and I try really hard to be respectful and take time to think through what I say and and how I say it… but holy sh– I’m just gonna start talking.” “If I hear one more white person say ‘All Lives Matter’ one more f—ing time I’m gonna lose my f—ing mind. Will you shut the f— up?” Eilish wrote. “No one is saying your life doesn’t matter. No one is saying your life is not hard. No one is saying literally anything at all about you… all you MFs do is find a way to make everything about yourself. This is not about you.
Eilish ended the post by pointing out a few of the ways in which white privilege pervades society and causes people of color to face persecution in much higher numbers.
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