A long-running conversation is the one about immigrants. While many support ICE’s raids, there are many who oppose them and support the presence of immigrants instead. An example of the latter is actress Kristen Stewart who received a lot of praise recently because she answered “immigrants” when asked “what would break your heart if it disappeared from LA?”
Stewart didn’t stop at just saying immigrants, as she went on to describe the impact they had on her and also the suffering they are currently going through. “I can’t stand the idea that the dismantling of the culture that did have a hand in like making me who I am which is so meaningless in the face of people’s lives being completely unearthed, uprooted, destroyed,” she said. The actress then continued, “This is like not who we are. So like where I’m from, I don’t identify with that right now.”
The actress then mentioned the many thoughts she has during the current climate involving immigrants. “I definitely am dying every day thinking ‘so do we make movies about this? Do we throw all of our money at it? Do we stop buying burgers in the daytime? What do we do about this?’ Like I can’t fathom that’s happening until it doesn’t happen. It’s like Los Angeles doesn’t exist without all of us.”
People Reacting to Kristen Stewart’s Answer
People absolutely loved Kristen Stewart’s brave answer and her support for immigrants. This is why many made sure to praise her. “She’s the best thing to come out of the twilight saga,” one person wrote. Others commented on how great her answer was, as someone said, “That’s a perfect answer. No notes.” Another person wrote, “She is so [expletive] awesome. Her answers to almost any question are like this: concise, biting, and true.” One Redditor even worried about Stewart’s safety following her answe,r as they said, “My first thought is that her PR team probably loved this one, but then my second thought was that these days it probably is a legitimately dangerous sentiment to be saying.”
More people were left in awe of Stewart’s answer as one person wrote, “I’m genuinely surprised by her response and it made my Mexican American heart happy. Twilight was what started my desire to travel outside of my little safe town. I was the first in my family to start exploring the world rather than staying in one small town. I got to see parts of the world that felt otherworldly. It taught me about other cultures, especially indigenous traditions. I’m so proud that she is using her voice and speaking about the importance of our country truly being a melting point.”
Another person said, “She is right. Los Angeles is minority majority, with Latinos the largest race by a lot. She just bought an old movie theater that recently closed in Highland Park, a very heavily Latino neighborhood, and promised to restore it as a place for the community.”
