Bella Hadid: Muslim suffering deserves same backlash as Ukraine

[Bambino 24,290]

Taking to Instagram, the Palestinian-American supermodel spoke up the on-going exploitation of Muslims around the globe as people chose to stay mum about on the injustice.

“Question yourself, question how quietly you moved around other injustices, the footprint we leave here will be the clearest one we've left in a long time,” Hadid’s post read.

“If this is your first time realising a war in some years, you're not of the world. War is forever, and the position we take during it is forever too,” she pointed out the biased reaction towards the Muslim suffering in Palestine and China.

“The moment the American president is defending a liberation movement, there’s no risk in joining that defence. There’s little glory in joining a warmonger point at another warmonger,” the 25-year-old model asked people to show support to Muslims. 

She captioned the post, " “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“The language we use to define oppression cannot favour one victim over another,” Hadid noted. 

"How many Muslim nations aflame? Invasions by the west, merciless drone strikes, executions, internment camps in China? How much of Palestine, how little of Palestine left?"

 

 

[ALGAYDO 32,744]

She’s not wrong at all but this may not be the best time to bring this up? Because we know mosh people (sadly) can’t focus on two things at once without fumbling one of them. 

[Bambino 24,290]

Just now, ALGAYDO said:

She’s not wrong at all but this may not be the best time to bring this up? Because we know mosh people (sadly) can’t focus on two things at once without fumbling one of them. 

They can if they want. It's never a bad timing to talk about all humans equally.

[Dojo 19,369]

yes! i think from now on we have to move to publicize injustice around the world and pressure governments to sanction those countries that allows it to happen.

there are thousands of genocides going around that pass undetected well it shouldn't. 

we passively let groups of people destroy cities and lives but it doesn't have to be that way from now on. let's keep that energy! imo

 

[Bambino 24,290]

2 minutes ago, dojo said:

yes! i think from now on we have to move to publicize injustice around the world and pressure governments to sanction those countries that allows it to happen.

there are thousands of genocides going around that pass undetected well it shouldn't. 

we passively let groups of people destroy cities and lives but it doesn't have to be that way from now on. let's keep that energy! imo

Absolutely. 70 years of oppression of the Palestinians would be a good starting point.

[spicemuncher 1,708]

She is 100% correct and the timing is never going to be better or worse. It is horrendous what is happening in Ukraine, just as it was and is in Palestine. Bringing attention to human suffering around the world is always correct.

I have seen news reports out of the US with reporters saying disgusting things such as “frankly, these are not Syrian refugees, these are white, Christian people” and another one saying “They look like us with blue eyes and blond hair”- absolutely horrid and very, very wrong.

[coolninjaguy 1,239]

11 minutes ago, ALGAYDO said:

She’s not wrong at all but this may not be the best time to bring this up? Because we know mosh people (sadly) can’t focus on two things at once without fumbling one of them. 

But honestly this IS the best time to have conversations about these issues. Not to mention, they are all occurring simultaneously - the Palestinians for example are still occupied - so who are we to decide that the focus should solely be on the Ukrainian plight. People should be able to focus on multiple world issues and call them out for what it is. 

[coolninjaguy 1,239]

3 minutes ago, spicemuncher said:

She is 100% correct and the timing is never going to be better or worse. It is horrendous what is happening in Ukraine, just as it was and is in Palestine. Bringing attention to human suffering around the world is always correct.

I have seen news reports out of the US with reporters saying disgusting things such as “frankly, these are not Syrian refugees, these are white, Christian people” and another one saying “They look like us with blue eyes and blond hair”- absolutely horrid and very, very wrong.

Exactly. Now is the best time to discuss our hypocrisy as the West, as well as acknowledge that even in War prejudice, racism, and xenophobia still persist. 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,531]

Sadly nations don't ask for justice in Palestine cause they're afraid to see USA putting a veto against anything they may suggest for peace.

As long as USA defend Israel others will rather shut up than oppose the main economical/ military power...

[coolninjaguy 1,239]

14 minutes ago, dojo said:

yes! i think from now on we have to move to publicize injustice around the world and pressure governments to sanction those countries that allows it to happen.

there are thousands of genocides going around that pass undetected well it shouldn't. 

we passively let groups of people destroy cities and lives but it doesn't have to be that way from now on. let's keep that energy! imo

 

The sad part is that America is literally no better than any other aggressor. While Russia just invaded a sovereign nation like Ukraine, who will sanction America for all the countries it has invaded in the past?

[NCgaga 4,324]

She isn’t wrong. I just don’t want this to be a thing where people stop caring about Ukraine because some celebrity said “what about these people, and what about these people.” Whataboutism can be very counterproductive. There has to be a way to make sure we stop glossing over all injustices. 

[Guest]

Truth is, you tend as a human being to react when it's a neighbor. If someone in Antartica is hit by a fire, you watch it on TV. If your neighbor you know for years has a house on fire, you start wanting to help and doing something, it's this weird thing. For example, Qatar or Saudi Arabia they don't really talk about terrorist attacks in Europe, and when there are issues in India, New Zealand doesn't really talk about it. That's the "im far away so it doesn't concern me" mentality we have. I wish we all just took everything to heart. On top of it, the only different factor is how there's nuclear war threat and world war 3 threat because Russia is a very powerful country, very.

[Dojo 19,369]

10 minutes ago, coolninjaguy said:

who will sanction America for all the countries it has invaded in the past?

i will have to get back to you on that 

 

[Bambino 24,290]

5 minutes ago, AnnaNicoleSmith said:

Truth is, you tend as a human being to react when it's a neighbor. If someone in Antartica is hit by a fire, you watch it on TV. If your neighbor you know for years has a house on fire, you start wanting to help and doing something, it's this weird thing. For example, Qatar or Saudi Arabia they don't really talk about terrorist attacks in Europe, and when there are issues in India, New Zealand doesn't really talk about it. That's the "im far away so it doesn't concern me" mentality we have. I wish we all just took everything to heart. On top of it, the only different factor is how there's nuclear war threat and world war 3 threat because Russia is a very powerful country, very.

I get where you're coming from but when the West is an essential reason of most of the miseries in the Middle East, actually they do have to care and talk about it.

[Chic 20,830]

If I can’t do anything about it, I don’t find it worth my time to think about it tbh. I have only so much capacity to care and my efforts are more fruitfully spent focusing on enriching the lives of those near me.

I do feel bad for what’s happening though.