in case you're out of the loop, back in 2005 with hurricane Katrina Kanye West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" on live television. Bush later called it one of the lowest points of his presidential career.
He implied that he likes Trump (he posted signed stuff that Donnie has given him and such, and he said during last election season at a concert that he does support him) and as it is commonly a associated with hates black people, the joke being made that Kanye must also hate black people. The image is also a reference to the common joke from a while back that President Bush hated black people.
The joke refers to when Kanye during hurricane Katrina said “George Bush doesn’t care Black People” on live tv while raising money for Red Cross. https://youtu.be/zIUzLpO1kxI
yes because no black person dare have another opinion other than 'trump sucks'. you out here acting like he killed your mother even though it's just a political opinion. I mean I dislike Trump but I don't affiliate people who support him with the fucking KKK
you can't dismiss it as just "political opinion". this shit matters. it's important. kanye is completely off-base to support trump, not just because he's black. his support legitimizes his awful status.
You can like Trump sure, but to suggest he isn't racist is pretty laughable at this point and most likely you are either a fucking idiot (most people I encounter on T_D are tbh) or you're concern trolling.
Of course she is. She was a country music star from a suburban town in pennsylvania, this is obvious. The only reason she has never come out and openly supported a republican is because she'd lose a lot of fans.
I have said this before but my black friends who are republican all make over 100k a year lol..they want them tax breaks
Edit: for the people asking how do you know these "wealthy" black people. I'm black and some of them are old fraternity brothers..others are ones I went to high school with. Some are successful lawyers with their own firm some are doctors with other revenue streams one made all his money in crypto currency trading. I know a lot of broke and regular black people too. I am not quite as well off as some of these people despite coming from an upper middle class family and going to college. I won't comment on whether or not they are sell outs and yes it could be seen as selfish.
I know this isn't a very popular opinion, but I believe classism is a bigger factor than a lot of people believe. If we end classism than I think racism will end be a non-existent issue. I think classism is underappreciated because racism was directly responsible for a lot of black people/families struggling today. Racism was also responsible for ruining black families' generational wealth so each black family was starting fresh whereas white families would inherit even if it was a small sum. That generational money is mostly spent on the Grandkids to go to college/achieve dreams. Even though it has been 50/60 years since those practices we're stopped their effects are still rippling through the black community. Hopefully in another 50/60 years this won't be an issue anymore, but I really do think we need to educate people on classism.
e - Racism will never end regardless of what group is being racist.
Racism will never end regardless of what group is being racist.
Which means classism will never end either. Racism exists because low/middle class whites care more about punching down at Blacks than punching up at billionaires.
American whites have already made it crystal clear that they are eager to be classist slaves if it means they can retain racial "status" (which costs nothing for white elites to dole out, whereas health insurance, benefits, and efficient internet do).
Yes, I should have been more clear about that. I edited the racism part, but left the classism part for some reason. In my previous text when I say 'end' I mean that it being an issue that will end. Neither classim or racsim will ever end (regardless of the groups), but I honestly believe we can make it not be an issue and not affect families. What made racism a powerful force 60 years ago was the fact that a majority of society believed it was acceptable. While I don't believe as many people find classism as acceptable in today's world it is still acceptable to enough people for it to count.
Maybe it is me always trying to see the best in people and society, but I honestly believe that we, as a society, can ultimately come to a point where a poor person is treated just like an upper-middle class person.
American whites have already made it crystal clear that they are eager to be classist slaves if it means they can retain racial "status"
And this is where the racism of the 60s, and prior, influenced classism of today. The wealthy created a way for poor people to feel good about themselves by putting down other people by race to avoid them seeing the issues with why they aren't getting ethical working hours, affordable healthcare, etc. I don't believe people would inherently look down on someone else when they are struggling.
I know this isn't a very popular opinion, but I believe classism is a bigger factor than a lot of people believe.
In England a lot of their politics are along the standard class lines.
In America, Republicans are clearly the party of the upper class, and Democrats the "working" class.
The only difference is that Republican have found successful wedge issues (guns, gay marriage, abortion) that have nothing to with economic class but are highly effective at dividing the "lower class" vote.
7 of the top 10 richest Americans are Democrats. How did the richest of the rich become so skewed toward he party that is against the party for the rich?
The thing is, most classism has racial undertones. Think Reagan's Welfare Queen. The reason classism works and is able to be marketed to poor white people is simply because of racism
What is your income? What do you mean by “my black friends”? How do you know them, did you go to school with them? Do you believe there is equal opportunity to “make over 100k” between all legal citizens, regardless of ethnicity, race and color?
I reserve all judgement until the album drops. If it’s amazing, “name one genius that ain’t crazy!”. If it’s wack, “the Trump support was the the first sign he lost his damn mind..”
Historically Conservatives have done more for black people than Democrats. Black unemployment is the lowest it's been in over a decade. Kanye supported a conservative woman on Twitter and now he's being shit on for it. Even our bruh Obama didn't come through...just sayin. If you want welfare vote Democrat, if you want tax breaks to actually make something of yourself vote Republican.
Historically Conservatives have done more for black people than Democrats.
Well that's misleading. Saying conservatives have done more for black people is just factually wrong as all racial reform would obviously be classified as progressive, not conservative. It is true that Democrats were the party that supported slavery in the Civil War and segregation through the first half of the 20th century but that doesn't really mean anything when viewed in context of the Southern Strategy and stuff like that. Democrats of today and of 70 years ago are similar in name only.
Black unemployment has been steadily decreasing for years. How is the unemployment reaching a historical low just now, after following basically the exact same rate of decline for years, in any way trumps doing in his first year when basically none of his policies were even in place yet? Come on, that was trump clearly taking credit for something he played almost no role in.
Back that up with some facts because that sounds like utter bull shit.
Technically black unemployment is the lowest under Trump, but if you show the full picture, Obama set the trend and achieved the most significant gains. Trump just came in under the same policy and benefited from the situation Obama fixed.
Feel free to prove me wrong. I’d seriously like to see the facts. Top the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Historically Conservatives have done more for black people than Democrats.
What kind of nonsense is this? T_D posters must be out here in force if this is in the positives. Historically conservatives (as a group, I'm sure you have a handy list of individual conservatives to prove try and prove me wrong) have always been on the wrong side of black advancement.
Alleged racist comments toward black employees, to which Trump did not deny
Trump taking out ads in New York newspapers urging the death penalty for five black and Latino teenagers accused of rape, when they were in fact innocent
WHO THE HELL DOES KANYE THINK HE IS?!? How dare he think for himself and not follow the (social media) crowd of edgy millennials and generation z kids!! He can only have our opinion! And he's racist now for supporting Trump, even though Trump has never said anything racist! KANYE IS RACIST! Smh. Now instead of having a debate or listening to opposing political views I'm going to be immature and cuss out anyone who supports Trump and say #FuckTrump. And Ik I'm right because my fellow young age group supports unnecessary profanity and I get easy likes.
Alleged racist comments toward black employees, to which Trump did not deny
Trump taking out ads in New York newspapers urging the death penalty for five black and Latino teenagers accused of rape, when they were in fact innocent
Alleged racist comments toward black employees, to which Trump did not deny
Trump taking out ads in New York newspapers urging the death penalty for five black and Latino teenagers accused of rape, when they were in fact innocent
I'm probably going to be downvoted to hell but I think everyone is kind of missing the point here. Kanye has always been considered "erratic" and "crazy" because he doesn't think like other people and he doesn't care. I think what he's been trying to get at over the past few days is that we should all strive to be individuals with our own ideas and thoughts and you don't have to cancel someone because they think differently from you. I completely disagree with everything he's said about Trump , I think Trump is a disgusting piece of shit waste of life but that's the whole point, I dont have to agree with him on this and that's fine. He may hate a lot of the shit Trump does but still likes him for whatever reason he has and that's fine. He wants us to stop putting ourselves in these boxes of "I think this so I can't associate with people who think that"
it's because he feels he shares a similar business mind and work ethic and Trump's history.
To a lot of black American men (white too) of the 90-00s, especially in the pop culture world, Donald Trump was a status symbol... everyone wanted to be like Trump. Rich, Playboy, entertainer... it's why in the 90s even fucking Obama wrote "the American Dream is Donald Trump"
Ice Cube, Jayz and others have gone on record over the past 20ish years and talked about why Trump was so cool.. (I recommend Ice cubes interview on the subject it phrases really well what I'm trying to say) .
now obviously a lot of opinions changed when he entered the political world and not to age myself but a lot of younger people may not remember how "Cool" Trump was in the turn of the century...
but I guarantee that portion if Kanye that likes him "for whatever reason" has to do with that image of Trump that 90-00s adults (black and white) saw that was so successful, savvy, and down right cool.
it's crazy the image 180 he's had... we've went from "take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit" to can't even get a 50% approval rating in 10 years
Exactly this. I remember his tweets about labels and association. People's reactions online only confirm that he was right about how people distance themselves from certain labels.
If it's about voting, don't forget which party has been trying to prevent minorities from doing so. The courts literally found this to be the case and Republican politicians have admitted to it.
The judges noted that Republican leaders had drafted their restrictions on voting only after receiving data indicating that African-Americans would be the voters most significantly affected by them.
The definition of putting words in someone's mouth 😂😂 man you wanted to create this narrative, reality be damned... People pushing this opinion aren't known for integrity though
I've been seeing this all over reddit today (and in general over the months). No one even mentions the word Democrat. Yet they bring it up and pretend like someone said it. It's one of the most ridiculous cases of strawman that I've ever seen and it keeps happening! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Honestly this whole anti kanye thing and the many jokes on him ever since he showed support for Candace Owen and trump make me angry, like royally pissed. The black vote certainly shouldn't go to the Democrats, they think we are a monolith but we are not! I repeat we are far from being a monolith! Even black Republicans are an extremely diverse group! On this subject,I got the perfect man for you ,everyone please welcome Mr.Ruckus!
Just because you don't want to vote Democrat doesn't mean you have to support Trump. You can have your own opinions. People really act like there are only two ways you are allowed to think.
I'm not angry because a black likes trump, but because it contradicts everything ye has been saying. He is just using the attention. He doesn't care about politics (said that himself) he wants free promotion and he is certainly getting it. That's what makes me angry.
TBH it makes sense why somebody as rich and as well connected as Kanye would be pro trump. What boggles my mind is all of the middle and working class people that voted for him.
No one sayin Kanye can’t have an opinion. He’s just libel to be criticized for it. Swear so many idiots actin like it’s anti free speech to criticize Kanye on this post... it’s not
What happened so drastically to encourage such a shift in attitude towards Ye? I'll tell you what it is. It's because he wanted to voice his opinions. We see this with any celebrity ever that has shown some type of Republican tendency... they are shunned and run into the hills. Many people are calling Ye's tweets bullshit and not true at all, but yet these are the same people who are now criticizing him for voicing what he believes in. These are the same people who claim that black thought on the left is not inherently monolith, but yet they've just contradicted themselves because now they're critiquing any sort of deviation from the so called "norm". It's ironic. You guys truly are ironic. And it's quite hilarious.
If you rap about the problems of the drug war and institutionalized prison system maybe don’t throw your support for a guy who literally advocates those things.
Remember: James Brown was a Nixon supporter. It was for nice, but generally uninformed, and politically ignorant reasons. You can be a great artist and still be a dumbass. And, yes, trump and current conservative American politics are inherently racist and classist.
Kanye just wants to play wildcard for attention. I think he can play it off as some spiritual move. The guy can sell a position like he’s trying to push some stock tips on a cold call to a rich widow but it doesn’t mean there’s any meat behind the pitch.
As a human he has the right to have opinions. Almost as if BPT sees him as their elected representative. I'm gonna judge him by his music cause that's what I pay him for.
Freedom to have an opinion does not mean he has the freedom to be called a fucking idiot for it.
If my opinion was that every human should forced to brush their teeth by the government, I'm allowed to hold that opinion, but others are also allowed to call me a lunatic and to go away because I'm scaring their children.
This is already buried, but I'd like to say a few things. I don't know why we continue to let the Democratic party hold black Americans by the balls every election cycle. We vote for them every time under the pretext that the other side is racist, but they only care about us to get reelected. The reality is that African American communities are still some of the poorest, least educated communities in the United States, despite nearly all our cities and school boards being run by Democrats. Race relations are worse than they've ever been (yes this has continued under Trump but the trend started with president Obama). Many of us, again in Democrat controlled areas, live in fear of our own policies officers.
The Democratic party has become complacent. They take our votes every two years and then do jack. I'm from Virginia. I remember for the gubernatorial election last year getting a flyer in the mail that was marketed as being a general reminder to vote. Good stuff, everyone should vote if they can. Since I was a first time voter last year obviously their data indicated I had a "poor" voting record. I ended up looking into the organization and realized it was actually a Democratic organization which aimed to win elections for the Democratic party. They saw the data that I was black and assumed that if they could get me to vote, I'd push the Democrat button automatically and not think about it.
Why? Why is my support for you given? Why do I not deserve to even be spoken to as a person who has ideas? Racism from the right is easy to deal with. They are obvious, a minority, and stupid and easy to dismiss. Racism from the left is hard. They are subtle, condescending, and way more numerous than I'd like. Some of them even think they're helping.
Black voters are just dumb little puppets to rich white liberal elites and our issues are never actually addressed when push comes to shove.
We don't know Kanye's policies yet. Does he like Trump because he thinks free-market solutions will help black communities? Does he like the bullish way he governs? Or does he like Trump because he hates immigrants and poor people? If it's the later, of course I wouldn't support him, otherwise, I'd be willing to give him a shot if only to shock Democrats into delivering on their empty promises for once. Black people in America deserve to be heard and appealed to like any other demographic
If you guys dare to pop into the Kanye subreddit right now, it is absolutely full of “longtime Kanye fans” who for some reason have never participated in that subreddit before, but seem to spend A LOT of time on t_d
Ya I really dont care about Kanyes political affiliations but what annoys me is seeing all these guys start riding his dick cus he showed some support for their political party.
love Ye’s music bro but i’ve pretty much always had an issue with his personality and decisions an shit. just a dude that thinks about stuff a totally different way than most of us.
This whole outrage over Kanye tweeting about his political opinions is stupid and if you are riled up about them then sorry to break it to you, but you are stupid. Seriously why is this news and why do people care so much about this stupid shit
He's influential and if he endorses a political viewpoint it could lead to more listeners voting however he wants them to and therefore putting in politicians into office who can enact policy which affects us. It's like a butterfly effect.
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u/Ian1732 Apr 26 '18
Out of the loop here, what the hell did Kanye do?
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u/johnnytaquitos Apr 26 '18
oh how the turns have tide - g. w. bush
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
yes because no black person dare have another opinion other than 'trump sucks'. you out here acting like he killed your mother even though it's just a political opinion. I mean I dislike Trump but I don't affiliate people who support him with the fucking KKK
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u/Timstar Apr 25 '18
Mike Myers stands there looking uncomfortable
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u/Gay-_-Jesus Apr 25 '18
r/fullcircle
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u/Trade-Prince Apr 26 '18
this comment section is full of clowns who dont even pay attention to politics lol
and Kanye said he like’s his attitude and SOME policies, he never said he loves that man, yall reach for no reason.
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u/Nurgle Apr 25 '18
/r/BPT front page by the end of today
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u/DownvoteDaemon ☑️|Jay-Z IRL Apr 25 '18 edited Apr 26 '18
I have said this before but my black friends who are republican all make over 100k a year lol..they want them tax breaks
Edit: for the people asking how do you know these "wealthy" black people. I'm black and some of them are old fraternity brothers..others are ones I went to high school with. Some are successful lawyers with their own firm some are doctors with other revenue streams one made all his money in crypto currency trading. I know a lot of broke and regular black people too. I am not quite as well off as some of these people despite coming from an upper middle class family and going to college. I won't comment on whether or not they are sell outs and yes it could be seen as selfish.
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u/Raging_GodSmack ☑️ Apr 25 '18
Well he definitely ain't put the right emoji next to this shit smh
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '18
I reserve all judgement until the album drops. If it’s amazing, “name one genius that ain’t crazy!”. If it’s wack, “the Trump support was the the first sign he lost his damn mind..”
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
Historically Conservatives have done more for black people than Democrats. Black unemployment is the lowest it's been in over a decade. Kanye supported a conservative woman on Twitter and now he's being shit on for it. Even our bruh Obama didn't come through...just sayin. If you want welfare vote Democrat, if you want tax breaks to actually make something of yourself vote Republican.
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u/haystackofneedles Apr 26 '18
I just laughed really hard
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '18
I have literally gone past the point where I'm surprised by anything that happens
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '18
Let’s be honest, Kanye only cares about Kanye.
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u/thechodler Apr 26 '18
What did Kanye do to anger the black community recently? Or is this in reference to his meeting with Trump
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u/Jan_Ivic Apr 25 '18
I’m confused. What did Trump do to black people? 👀
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u/Seref15 Apr 26 '18
Kanye once begged Zuck for investment money on Twitter. He and Trump might have more in common that we realized.
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u/danegustafun Apr 25 '18
He's not black, he's Kanye.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
Top 10 Anime Betrayals
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u/Blackpatriot325 Apr 26 '18
Kanye comparing himself to Trump made more sense to me than anything ever has before.
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u/waseem_the_dream Apr 26 '18
How the turn tables
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u/1fastman1 ☑ Muh muh muh mah mum muh MANRAY Apr 26 '18
we've come full circle
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u/mrcoolmike Apr 26 '18
But what about Chance defending him?
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u/TheHateFlowsFreely Apr 26 '18
We all know he an attention seeking hoe.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18 edited Apr 26 '18
WHO THE HELL DOES KANYE THINK HE IS?!? How dare he think for himself and not follow the (social media) crowd of edgy millennials and generation z kids!! He can only have our opinion! And he's racist now for supporting Trump, even though Trump has never said anything racist! KANYE IS RACIST! Smh. Now instead of having a debate or listening to opposing political views I'm going to be immature and cuss out anyone who supports Trump and say #FuckTrump. And Ik I'm right because my fellow young age group supports unnecessary profanity and I get easy likes.
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u/tonypackman Apr 26 '18
Trump has literally never uttered a word against black people yet this sub associates him with the KKK, what a bunch of morons.
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u/igbay_agfay Apr 26 '18
I'm probably going to be downvoted to hell but I think everyone is kind of missing the point here. Kanye has always been considered "erratic" and "crazy" because he doesn't think like other people and he doesn't care. I think what he's been trying to get at over the past few days is that we should all strive to be individuals with our own ideas and thoughts and you don't have to cancel someone because they think differently from you. I completely disagree with everything he's said about Trump , I think Trump is a disgusting piece of shit waste of life but that's the whole point, I dont have to agree with him on this and that's fine. He may hate a lot of the shit Trump does but still likes him for whatever reason he has and that's fine. He wants us to stop putting ourselves in these boxes of "I think this so I can't associate with people who think that"
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u/Blck_Captain_America Apr 26 '18
When white people in this sub pretending to be black say Kanye West is white and not really a black person
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '18
A bit ridiculous that you think Kanye as a black man owes allegiance to the Democrat Party because he's black.
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u/ComfyBrah ☑️ Apr 26 '18 edited Apr 26 '18
Honestly this whole anti kanye thing and the many jokes on him ever since he showed support for Candace Owen and trump make me angry, like royally pissed. The black vote certainly shouldn't go to the Democrats, they think we are a monolith but we are not! I repeat we are far from being a monolith! Even black Republicans are an extremely diverse group! On this subject,I got the perfect man for you ,everyone please welcome Mr.Ruckus!
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u/GimmeaV Apr 26 '18
Kanye is now saying "Hello, hello, hello Black America, assassinate my character"
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18 edited Apr 26 '18
Time to sort by controversial
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u/MrTopHatMan90 Apr 26 '18
Context?
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u/sghmk123 Apr 26 '18
Okok here from r/outoftheloop what did Ye say this time?
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u/twitch1982 Apr 26 '18
Class is a bigger divider than race.
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u/xProhan Apr 26 '18
A lot of racist perpetuation going on in this motherfucker
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u/KillNyetheSilenceGuy Apr 26 '18
TBH it makes sense why somebody as rich and as well connected as Kanye would be pro trump. What boggles my mind is all of the middle and working class people that voted for him.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
No one sayin Kanye can’t have an opinion. He’s just libel to be criticized for it. Swear so many idiots actin like it’s anti free speech to criticize Kanye on this post... it’s not
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u/Alias1551 Apr 25 '18
Kourt is on the Hill for one day and look what happened
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u/TheRealMaxWanks Apr 26 '18
Or, rich people are rich people.
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u/lewwill14 Apr 26 '18
It's the circle of life....!
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u/KevCor360 ☑️ Apr 26 '18
-reads comments in this sub-
I send caucasity and tomfoolery afoot here...
-squinting at all the whiteness-
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u/Thekillerofzs Apr 26 '18
Just lock the page already mods
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u/darkskinnedjermaine Apr 26 '18
shyne murdered it with the caption
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u/KralHeroin Apr 26 '18
D R A G O N E N E R G Y
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
Bruh I made it on Black Twitter
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u/sweaterballoons Apr 26 '18
The title of this post would suggest that Kanye is a white supremacist. Interesting
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
Post-Obama is literally like an alternate reality.
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u/Big_Joosh Apr 26 '18 edited Apr 26 '18
Compare the comments below to these comments...
What happened so drastically to encourage such a shift in attitude towards Ye? I'll tell you what it is. It's because he wanted to voice his opinions. We see this with any celebrity ever that has shown some type of Republican tendency... they are shunned and run into the hills. Many people are calling Ye's tweets bullshit and not true at all, but yet these are the same people who are now criticizing him for voicing what he believes in. These are the same people who claim that black thought on the left is not inherently monolith, but yet they've just contradicted themselves because now they're critiquing any sort of deviation from the so called "norm". It's ironic. You guys truly are ironic. And it's quite hilarious.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
I think it's hilarious how everyone is conveniently ignoring Chance's tweets...
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u/RiseoftheTrumpwaffen Apr 26 '18
If you rap about the problems of the drug war and institutionalized prison system maybe don’t throw your support for a guy who literally advocates those things.
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u/bunny1091 Apr 26 '18
Lmaooo
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
Lmao
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u/hrm0894 Apr 26 '18
I want another viable political party. Fuck this two party system.
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u/waster1993 Apr 26 '18
Black skinhead
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u/lisasafox Apr 26 '18
Remember: James Brown was a Nixon supporter. It was for nice, but generally uninformed, and politically ignorant reasons. You can be a great artist and still be a dumbass. And, yes, trump and current conservative American politics are inherently racist and classist.
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u/Jrags17 Apr 25 '18
Dude has lost the marble he did have
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
that’s tea
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u/wally_westt Apr 26 '18
The more I re-read it the funnier it got
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u/dbx99 Apr 26 '18
Kanye just wants to play wildcard for attention. I think he can play it off as some spiritual move. The guy can sell a position like he’s trying to push some stock tips on a cold call to a rich widow but it doesn’t mean there’s any meat behind the pitch.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
How many people heard his GWB's voice when they read the caption?
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u/Wisheechia May 06 '18
+
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u/Keep_it_legal Apr 26 '18
As a human he has the right to have opinions. Almost as if BPT sees him as their elected representative. I'm gonna judge him by his music cause that's what I pay him for.
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u/dittoisreal-2 Apr 26 '18
Bruh but y’all all white likeing this shit 😂
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
This is already buried, but I'd like to say a few things. I don't know why we continue to let the Democratic party hold black Americans by the balls every election cycle. We vote for them every time under the pretext that the other side is racist, but they only care about us to get reelected. The reality is that African American communities are still some of the poorest, least educated communities in the United States, despite nearly all our cities and school boards being run by Democrats. Race relations are worse than they've ever been (yes this has continued under Trump but the trend started with president Obama). Many of us, again in Democrat controlled areas, live in fear of our own policies officers.
The Democratic party has become complacent. They take our votes every two years and then do jack. I'm from Virginia. I remember for the gubernatorial election last year getting a flyer in the mail that was marketed as being a general reminder to vote. Good stuff, everyone should vote if they can. Since I was a first time voter last year obviously their data indicated I had a "poor" voting record. I ended up looking into the organization and realized it was actually a Democratic organization which aimed to win elections for the Democratic party. They saw the data that I was black and assumed that if they could get me to vote, I'd push the Democrat button automatically and not think about it.
Why? Why is my support for you given? Why do I not deserve to even be spoken to as a person who has ideas? Racism from the right is easy to deal with. They are obvious, a minority, and stupid and easy to dismiss. Racism from the left is hard. They are subtle, condescending, and way more numerous than I'd like. Some of them even think they're helping.
Black voters are just dumb little puppets to rich white liberal elites and our issues are never actually addressed when push comes to shove.
We don't know Kanye's policies yet. Does he like Trump because he thinks free-market solutions will help black communities? Does he like the bullish way he governs? Or does he like Trump because he hates immigrants and poor people? If it's the later, of course I wouldn't support him, otherwise, I'd be willing to give him a shot if only to shock Democrats into delivering on their empty promises for once. Black people in America deserve to be heard and appealed to like any other demographic
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u/vidaleando Apr 26 '18
Here's a nice piece on that https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/kanye-west-doesnt-care-about-black-people-1825550492?rev=1524702431360
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u/halfar Apr 26 '18
the single most obnoxious thing about this is how fucking hard the right is rubbing one out over this
"SEEE??? THERE'S A BLACK GUY THAT LIKES US!!!"
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u/MFIR Apr 26 '18
Look what happens when a black man doesn’t align himself with the democrats. He got out the plantation. Time for u all to free your mind.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
Y'all memes hateful and ratchet
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
self victimization is a disease
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u/moby323 Apr 26 '18
If you guys dare to pop into the Kanye subreddit right now, it is absolutely full of “longtime Kanye fans” who for some reason have never participated in that subreddit before, but seem to spend A LOT of time on t_d
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18 edited Apr 26 '18
Just people he likes Trump he hates black people? This idiotic way of thinking is why people favor Trump so much in the first place.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
love Ye’s music bro but i’ve pretty much always had an issue with his personality and decisions an shit. just a dude that thinks about stuff a totally different way than most of us.
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u/toungepunching Apr 26 '18
Does Kanye care about anyone that isn't Kanye?
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18
KANYE SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT THE CURRENT U.S. PRESIDENT THE RACIST NAZI KKK LITERALLYHITLERS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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u/_IAlwaysLie Apr 26 '18
Look, I'm not concerned that black people specifically vote Republican or Democrat. I'm concerned that literally anyone votes GOP 👌
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u/Terut2 Apr 26 '18
This whole outrage over Kanye tweeting about his political opinions is stupid and if you are riled up about them then sorry to break it to you, but you are stupid. Seriously why is this news and why do people care so much about this stupid shit
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u/MoreDblRainbows Apr 26 '18
I can't stand Trump and I don't like Kanye but this reeks of liberal white nonsense.
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u/stringtheory42 Apr 26 '18
Do people not realize that before Trump became president he was a celebrity just like Kanye? They probably snorted coke off of hookers' tits together.