BLM Claims America Is 'Stolen Land' in Thanksgiving tweet
Black Lives Matter raised eyebrows with a Thanksgiving post that characterized America as "stolen land."
"You are eating dry turkey and overcooked stuffing on stolen land," BLM's national arm wrote on Twitter Thursday. The post included a graphic repeating the "stolen land" claim.
"You are on stolen land. Colonization never ended, it just became normalized," the graphic said, instructing Americans to learn "which ancestral homeland" they are "currently occupying."
You are eating dry turkey and overcooked stuffing on stolen land. pic.twitter.com/1Ob1RgBkvp
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) November 25, 2021
BLM, which supports defunding the police, has been a constant source of controversy.
Co-founder Patrisse Cullors announced her departure from BLM earlier this year, amid scrutiny of the group's finances. Cullors had garnered scrutiny by purchasing several homes worth millions of dollars.
BLM sparked backlash in July after releasing a statement that appeared to side with Cuba's communist regime over freedom-seeking protesters.
Black Lives Matter has released a statement on Cuba: pic.twitter.com/NgnT1o1oZE
— Sabrina RodrÃguez (@sabrod123) July 15, 2021
The statement – originally posted on Instagram and later tweeted and retweeted – blamed the U.S. embargo for the country's instability and credited the Cuban government for historically granting "Black revolutionaries," like Assata Shakur, asylum.
Shakur, also known as JoAnne Chesimard, was convicted of being an accomplice in the 1973 slaying of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, who left behind a wife and 3-year-old son. Shakur later escaped prison and fled to Cuba, where former Cuban leader Fidel Castro granted her asylum.
The tweet immediately sparked backlash on social media:
You are Tweeting inane nonsense on… the exact same land. https://t.co/XsVK9bDATO
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) November 26, 2021
great food, great holiday, great country https://t.co/JH5P5OauG5
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 26, 2021
Since when do you guys have a problem with theft? https://t.co/MdKSHeG0RM
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) November 26, 2021
Our latest stories...How about you give up your multiple mansions, commies.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) November 26, 2021
Till’ then stfu https://t.co/mUgfwu5cVg