هدى بيوتي ترد على دعوات مقاطعة منتجاتها

Layalina - ليالينا

خرجت رائدة الأعمال هدى قطان Huda Kattan عن صمتها للرد على الحملة التي شنها بعض النشطاء ضدها والدعوة إلى مقاطعة منتجات هدى بيوتي، والاتهامات التي وُجّهت لها بمعاداة السامية بسبب هجومها المستمر على قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي إزاء ما يحدث في قطاع غزة.

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00:00Hey my loves, I wanted to come on here to address something I think is really, really important.

00:06It's no secret that I have been speaking out about Palestine for quite some time.

00:10And that happened as a result of me learning about the Palestinian cause,

00:13feeling really frustrated, seeing so much injustice happening to the people of Palestine,

00:21to the children in Gaza, things that I honestly don't understand how anyone can justify.

00:26And as things escalated, the more that I learned, the more that I've always tried to use my voice.

00:32And I know that I always open myself up to a lot of different things because I choose to speak out really before it's safe to speak out.

00:40But I have a responsibility. I feel like I have to speak out on behalf of anything I think is wrong.

00:48And I am just so tired of seeing children starve, people maimed, living in tents,

00:56and being bombed while living in tents, while they're just trying to resist and honestly just trying to survive

01:01the already excruciating and uninhabitable conditions that they're living in.

01:06And in order to silence you from speaking out, to silence me, they do what they always do.

01:11They twist your words, label you an anti-Semite.

01:13And right now I'm experiencing all of those things.

01:16I've been labeled an anti-Semite and there is a smear campaign against me.

01:20And I do want to address being called an anti-Semite because I would never condone any hate of any kind.

01:26That, of course, includes Jewish hate.

01:28The fact that I even have to say that is so weird to me because it's so obvious.

01:33But you know, sometimes you have to be clear about where you stand because people try to twist your words

01:38and turn things into something they're not just to force you into silence.

01:41And I posted a video recently criticizing some of the actions of the state of Israel.

01:46I never said anything about Jews or even Israeli people.

01:50And honestly, I would never talk about any people because I stand against hate and discrimination.

01:55The video was misinterpreted and completely misused and words were put into my mouth.

01:59Things I never even said or even mentioned in the video.

02:02And the video is not up anymore.

02:04TikTok is saying that they took the video down.

02:06I'm the one who removed it myself, not TikTok, not my team.

02:10I chose to remove it because I saw a lot of people taking what I said out of context.

02:14and I didn't want that conversation happening.

02:17So I chose to remove the video.

02:20The part that was being twisted where there were a lot of fake stories about me was about the Holocaust.

02:24And again, I hate that I have to defend myself, but things were misconstrued so much.

02:29I never even mentioned the word Jews.

02:30I never mentioned the word Holocaust.

02:32I never mentioned any of those things.

02:34I never insinuated on those things either.

02:36Like even though that's what they're trying to say that I was doing, I didn't do any of those things.

02:41And when I saw the comments that were coming out, I was actually shocked.

02:44But again, the words were twisted so badly that the narrative that came out,

02:48which I was so disappointed on, was that essentially I was not recognizing the Holocaust

02:53or I was basically saying that Jews created the Holocaust,

02:57which is such a weird thing to even say.

03:00Why would I say that?

03:01It doesn't even make any sense.

03:03I learned about the Holocaust when I was in school.

03:05And honestly, it affected me so badly that this is why I choose to speak out right now.

03:11When I learned that millions of Jews were killed, it hurt me.

03:15So much so that I promised myself that I would stand up if this ever happened again.

03:19And that is my intention.

03:21It's always to speak out for humanity.

03:23I feel compelled as a human to speak out for other human beings.

03:27I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

03:29And it's also not fair that you can't criticize the actions of Israel without being mislabeled.

03:33Not being able to criticize the actions of Israel is not only creating anti-Semitism,

03:39but I would argue it's a form of anti-Semitism itself.

03:42And the reason for that is because ultimately it's creating a lot of Jewish hate.

03:47And I think that is extremely scary and extremely dangerous

03:51because at the end of the day, that ends up really hurting the Jewish people.

03:54And when one group of people are not safe, none of us are safe.

03:57You are allowed to speak out on atrocities happening in the world.

04:00And that in no way makes you an anti-Semite.

04:03It doesn't make you a self-hating Jew.

04:04It comes from wanting peace for humanity.

04:07And it's crazy that if you speak up on behalf of humanity,

04:10you could face so much backlash.

04:13And that's what I'm experiencing right now.

04:15They are harassing our retailers.

04:17They are using the press to come after me, to come after many people.

04:20And at the end of the day, to be honest,

04:22we know that the press has proven themselves to be illegitimate

04:25by choosing not to post what is really happening

04:28and ultimately to protect the actions of Israel.

04:30But nobody's reading press anymore.

04:32Everybody's getting their news from social media,

04:34which they are now trying to also censor.

04:36And I also know that they are creating a smear campaign with influencers.

04:40I know this firsthand because I spoke with an influencer,

04:43a very big influencer.

04:45She shared with me after she posted something that was,

04:48for me, very obviously Israeli propaganda.

04:51I messaged her and I asked her about it.

04:53She told me she didn't even realize it was Israeli propaganda.

04:56she deleted the post, returned the money,

04:59and she said it was packaged in a way

05:00that didn't even seem like it was pushing an Israeli motive.

05:04I know they're going to pay people to speak badly of me,

05:07about our brand, to say bad things about our products.

05:09I'm already seeing the comments.

05:11I'm already seeing the reviews.

05:12And I even believe that somehow some parts of this video

05:15will be misconstrued and used against me.

05:17I hope it's not.

05:18And ultimately, I just want you guys to know where I stand.

05:20I stand always on the side of humanity.

05:24As a young brown Muslim woman

05:26who grew up in the South of the U.S., in Tennessee,

05:29again, that's something they're publishing

05:30that I grew up in Oklahoma, grew up in Tennessee,

05:32I never felt a part of the beauty conversation.

05:34How do beauty exist to create that safe space for people,

05:38for every single person out there?

05:40And whether or not some people want to realize this,

05:44we are all 100% equal human beings.

05:47Some of us born in different places,

05:49in different locations.

05:50some of us look very different from each other,

05:52given different circumstances.

05:54But no matter what, we are all equal.

05:56Whether some people want to recognize that or not,

06:00we have to be there for each other.

06:02I genuinely believe that that's a responsibility

06:03of each and every one of us,

06:05to be there for each other.

06:06I do believe in the good in people.

06:08I really do believe in that.

06:10I believe in it so much.

06:11I believe in the good in everyone.

06:13And I also do believe that the world is changing

06:16for the better, although it may not feel that way.

06:18The fact that we are able to talk about some things

06:20that we weren't able to talk about just 18 months ago.

06:23So many people care.

06:24And I see that change.

06:27And for me, it's very important to be a part of that change.

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