On Saturday, Billie Eilish posted on Instagram to share her feelings about the phrase “white lives matter” as protests around the country continue following George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
“I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out how to address this delicately. I have an enormous platform, and I try really hard to be respectful and take time to think through what I say and how I say it…….but holy fucking shit I’m just gonna start talking. If I hear one more person say “aLL liVeS maTteR” one more fucking time I’m gonna lose my fucking mind,” she wrote in part, in all caps, alongside the caption “#justiceforgeorgefloyd #blacklivesmatter.”
This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
Eilish, 18, also posted a “black lives matter” image on Instagram with the caption “I WANT THINGS TO BE DIFFERENT.”
This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
This week, she also posted the number for people to text and sign a petition for justice for Floyd.
This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
- Advertisement - scroll to continue -
Eilish is among several celebrities using their platforms to speak out about racial inequality in the U.S. On Friday, Taylor Swift tweeted directly at Donald Trump to condemn him for his efforts to “feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November.”
Late that night, Beyoncé posted a video expressing her feelings about the racial injustices that the murder of black Americans this year have exposed.
“We need justice for George Floyd,” she began. “We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight. We’re broken, and we’re disgusted. We cannot normalize this pain. I’m not only speaking to people of color. If you’re white, black, brown, or anything in between, I’m sure you feel hopeless by the racism going on in America right now. No more senseless killings of human beings.”
This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
In her own post, Rihanna wrote, in part: “I can’t shake this! I can’t get over an ambulance pulling up to an arrest, a paramedic checking a pulse without removing the very thing that’s hindering it! Is this that fucking normal??? If intentional MURDER is the fit consequence for ‘drugs’ or ‘resisting arrest’…then what’s the fit consequence for MURDER???!”
Hilary Weaver
Hilary Weaver is a freelance writer based in New York who writes about politics, queer issues, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, and every woman the Queen has ever made a dame.
This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io
This commenting section is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page. You may be able to find more information on their web site.
Visit our friends at elle.com