Like all Americans of Armenian descent, Kim Kardashian greeted Joe Biden's statements with emotion.
The US President has, for the first time in the country's history, officially recognized the Ottoman Empire's massacre of over 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 as genocide.
“After more than a century of fighting for truth and recognition, the Armenian people today received the recognition that we all hoped for and prayed for.
President Biden has declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 was genocide, ”the reality TV star posted on Twitter.
Kim Kardashian has been campaigning for years
The Kardashian family's ties to Armenia may be a bit distant, Kim Kardashian has long fought for recognition of the history of her ancestors.
It was his great-grandfather, Tatos, aka Thomas, who came to America at the turn of the 20th century to find a better life.
The star did not hesitate to campaign very publicly, as in 2015 in an editorial for
Time
magazine
, to encourage previous American presidents to use the term "genocide", a word that successive administrations avoided at all costs so as not to fall out with Turkey.
“I am so proud of my heritage, proud of the Armenian communities and grateful to President Biden for granting every Armenian this day and this truth.
While nothing will ever bring back the Armenians who were murdered, I will continue to honor and remember those we have lost every year on this day, but now with the hope that after recognizing the genocide, we will not allow never again will the atrocities of the past be repeated, ”added Kanye West's future ex-wife.
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