Billie Eilish joined Bad Bunny in speaking out against ICE during her acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards, slamming the organization after winning song of the year for “Wildflower.”
The singer was bleeped as she said “fuck ICE,” giving strong commentary during the speech. “Thank you so much. I can’t believe this. Everyone else in this category is so amazing. I love you so much,” she said, standing next to her brother Finneas. “I feel so honored every time I get to be in this room. As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land. And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and fuck ICE. That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry. Thank you so much.”
Based on your comment alone, I urge you to look deeper into history before you make statements like that.
If you need a place to start, read or listen to the book called: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
This book tells exactly how this land was stolen from the Native population.
To your point, many lands have indeed been stolen. Just because it has happened many times throughout history doesn’t erase its meaning.
I’m not claiming that the land wasn’t stolen by “us”, but I’ve looked even deeper into history than you, and know that the exact same land that they lived on was stolen from another population. Repeatedly. It was far from a war-free utopia before “our” arrival.
‘Us’ and ‘our’ being pronouns to represent the colonizers of most modern countries, not meant to include you or I specifically.
I’m native. My ancestors were very brutal, not as brutal as the Spaniards, but still.
I’m also Spaniard, womp womp
p.s. thank you for book recommendation I am interested! Currently reading about Incans/Aztecs/Mayans etc., just finished Popal Vuh and recommend it