Billie Eilish's Veganism Controversy

Billie Eilish's rant about veganism reminded me how a lot of racist white

people

will hide behind their love of animals.

And I'm not saying that Billie Eilish is racist or anything,

but getting online and

talking about veganism and how you have to be a vegan

if you like animals and

all of these things, and being super, super extreme in your advocacy for animals

often does not extend to people, and it's really fucking weird.

Actually, I found that a lot of the people within my

community back home in

rural California that are really pro-animal

and do a lot of work with animal

shelters are probably some of the most racist people that I've met.

And it's true, you'll often hear racist white people

watch movies where an animal

dies and they'll be like, "That's so sad," and they'll be, like,

in tears.

And the second that it's, like, a person of color suffering, they just,

like, watch

the whole thing and don't have a single thought about it.

They'll be the first people in line to adopt a new puppy or a cat that they don't

necessarily have room for from the shelter,

but they would never be caught dead at

a protest, and they support big businesses

that actively harm people of color.

So to my fellow white people, if this is you,

you find yourself caring a lot about

animal welfare and not about, like, people and human welfare,

you have a lot of

work to do because trust me, this is a huge red flag and very bad