Camila's speech was so important. Her words are everything we need in 2018. pic.twitter.com/ALKZOe914N
— The Dude, His Dudeness, Duder, or El Duderino (@BetterRightNow) January 29, 2018
At the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, Camila Cabello welcomed Irish rock band U2 to the stage. Before she announced the band, she gave a short speech about ‘DREAMers’ and where she came from. In the speech Cabello said, “Tonight in the room of music dreamers, we remember this country was built by dreamers for dreamers, chasing the American dream.” This statement received a lot of pushback as Cabello seemed unaware of the origins of America and those who paid with their lives to help build it.
During the same introduction, the camera panned to Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 6-year-old daughter Blue Ivy who seemed wise enough to tell her parents to stop clapping. (Around the :57 second mark)
I have no idea what Blue Ivy is doing but I’m here for it. #Grammys pic.twitter.com/Wxeb1IWWju
— Emily Jokinen (@EmJJokinen) January 29, 2018
Camilla Cabello said this country was built by dreamers and BLUE was like NAHHHH DEFINITELY BUILT BY AFRICAN SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ✊🏿 https://t.co/8a194Qa1JB
— Dana W (@DRoCKW) January 29, 2018
#Grammys: “This country was built by dreamers, built for dreamers” – Camilla Cabello
Uh. No it wasn’t! It was built by invaders who believed manifest destiny, and their dream was to commit genocide against Native people. Do not dare to compare the dreamers to the settlers.
— Emilio Reyes ✨ (@emiliotongva) January 29, 2018
Camilla Cabello…dreamers? You mean this country was built by slaves. Trying to fit her narrative. Girl bye. #Grammys2018
— K. 🌻🌈 (@IAmKaylaWonder) January 29, 2018
Not too long ago, the Former Fifth Harmony singer received flack for allegedly calling one of her group mates a ni**er. Twitter users didn’t shy away from reminding us of these rumors and then comparing it to her “dreamers” speech.
‘Camilla Cabello, Who Called Former Fifth Harmony Co-Member “N****r”, SLAYS In Speech About Dreamers ~Building~ This Country’
— La Rainne (@larainnepasion) January 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/NaijaMane/status/958068092185260032
