White Supremacy has its hand so far up Kanye's ass right now, I wouldn't be surprised if I saw the number 14 tattoo on his face tomorrow. Kanye doesn't speak for me, and I hope you don't feel comfortable enough to let him speak for you either. He's the guy with the microphone who believes he's onto something revolutionary, but what he said in this video should seal his fate with African Americans. Press play. This is unfortunately through TMZ and the owner surely loves that, no matter what he says.
What Kanye said in this video out of his God Damned mouth, was similar to taking a casual piss on the graves and shallow graves of enslaved Africans like Nat Turner. He didn't have to speak on this at all, but he can't help himself. He began speaking on a slave mentality and then he swam out into the deep end by saying that "...for 400 years, that sounds like a choice" in terms of Black people in slavery.
All the blood shed to get the fuck out of slavery, and he has a nerve to say some shit like that? Free thought my ass, but he does have an album coming up. If he's so "other" why even speak on Black people? He's yet another Black person with their head so far up White Supremacy's ass, he's willing to take a stab at Black people, but he won't get a pass on this one for specific reasons. Then he pairs us with so-called Jews of the Holocaust as far as what's tied to each group (although Judaism is a religion). That was a place in time, it was fucked up but I don't mention them together at all. How many people fought against the Nazis and had the right tools for the job? Jews who look like you and I are catching hell in Israel. There are non-Black Jews here who have a steady drum beat against Black people, and I refuse to link struggles.
He's honestly shrugging at slavery and he may have been trying to say something else but it came out wrong. True enough every able bodied person with heart could've fought to their dying breath or died refusing to do the work of devils that now live fat off the shit they put our ancestors through. I won't argue that (although he didn't say that), but that doesn't mean slavery was a choice. Slave patrols went after Black people who chose not to be slaves, the American government has killed Black people trying to seek a life that doesn't involve oppression. Black cities have burned based on the fact that Black men and women did for self in the name of freedom, bridges build to cut off revenue; you name it.
I won't deny that there are people who didn't want to leave the plantations, told their owners when others sought to escape bondage or start a rebellion. If he referred to them, you would not have seen a post from me at all (unless I were agreeing and listing the reasons why). The blanketed statement was a no-no specifically because that's a talking point just waiting to be exploited in all sorts of perverse ways by anti-Black people. I'm pretty sure he has a majority non-Black audience also, could've spoken on anything else for them to soak up. I can just picture a non-White person saying "Black people chose to be in slavery", and this may not appear to be a big deal but you have people who may think like that in all sorts of positions. They could be members of government working against you while saying that the oppression is a choice, and some of these people look like you and I.
So fuck Kanye, not for the cowards of the past, present and future but for those pushing for the betterment of Black people. There are some who will back him up and try to explain it, but they're only assisting with the White Supremacist talking points. If they were shackled up and told to go do what they want to do, they might say that they can't because they're shackled up. Sound like a choice? Dying usually isn't the first choice of anyone, but there are brothas and sistas that have died trying to be free. Even today the shit isn't a choice when there are innocent Black people locked up. Exonerations aren't even a choice. Getting out of a slave mindset takes work and that's what those like myself, promote and impact. So if anything, work on being free no matter what, whether you agree with Kanye or you're offended.
Looking at it from an alternate angle, perhaps he should've brought it up so that the cowards can be brought out into the light. I can't ignore the fact that they exists, because they're in heavy rotation on tv, doing their massa's bidding or in someone else's home somewhere embracing poverty (passed down from generation to generation). There are those who turn around and come at other Black people based on something a non-Black person did to them or they're ready to forgive oppressors over something they'd be willing to fight you for. These are weeds that must be plucked for maximum growth.
Kanye is another example of why you have to be on guard and beware of who you follow. Do your own research regardless of what others or myself may say, and build your discernment. I wouldn't say that if I wanted to lead you off of a cliff and its valuable to know how to think for yourself. I want you to see the signs, notice the lay of the land (patterns, behavior, literal sense), and prevent yourself from going over the cliff following certain people/things.
All the blood shed to get the fuck out of slavery, and he has a nerve to say some shit like that? Free thought my ass, but he does have an album coming up. If he's so "other" why even speak on Black people? He's yet another Black person with their head so far up White Supremacy's ass, he's willing to take a stab at Black people, but he won't get a pass on this one for specific reasons. Then he pairs us with so-called Jews of the Holocaust as far as what's tied to each group (although Judaism is a religion). That was a place in time, it was fucked up but I don't mention them together at all. How many people fought against the Nazis and had the right tools for the job? Jews who look like you and I are catching hell in Israel. There are non-Black Jews here who have a steady drum beat against Black people, and I refuse to link struggles.
He's honestly shrugging at slavery and he may have been trying to say something else but it came out wrong. True enough every able bodied person with heart could've fought to their dying breath or died refusing to do the work of devils that now live fat off the shit they put our ancestors through. I won't argue that (although he didn't say that), but that doesn't mean slavery was a choice. Slave patrols went after Black people who chose not to be slaves, the American government has killed Black people trying to seek a life that doesn't involve oppression. Black cities have burned based on the fact that Black men and women did for self in the name of freedom, bridges build to cut off revenue; you name it.
I won't deny that there are people who didn't want to leave the plantations, told their owners when others sought to escape bondage or start a rebellion. If he referred to them, you would not have seen a post from me at all (unless I were agreeing and listing the reasons why). The blanketed statement was a no-no specifically because that's a talking point just waiting to be exploited in all sorts of perverse ways by anti-Black people. I'm pretty sure he has a majority non-Black audience also, could've spoken on anything else for them to soak up. I can just picture a non-White person saying "Black people chose to be in slavery", and this may not appear to be a big deal but you have people who may think like that in all sorts of positions. They could be members of government working against you while saying that the oppression is a choice, and some of these people look like you and I.
So fuck Kanye, not for the cowards of the past, present and future but for those pushing for the betterment of Black people. There are some who will back him up and try to explain it, but they're only assisting with the White Supremacist talking points. If they were shackled up and told to go do what they want to do, they might say that they can't because they're shackled up. Sound like a choice? Dying usually isn't the first choice of anyone, but there are brothas and sistas that have died trying to be free. Even today the shit isn't a choice when there are innocent Black people locked up. Exonerations aren't even a choice. Getting out of a slave mindset takes work and that's what those like myself, promote and impact. So if anything, work on being free no matter what, whether you agree with Kanye or you're offended.
Looking at it from an alternate angle, perhaps he should've brought it up so that the cowards can be brought out into the light. I can't ignore the fact that they exists, because they're in heavy rotation on tv, doing their massa's bidding or in someone else's home somewhere embracing poverty (passed down from generation to generation). There are those who turn around and come at other Black people based on something a non-Black person did to them or they're ready to forgive oppressors over something they'd be willing to fight you for. These are weeds that must be plucked for maximum growth.
Kanye is another example of why you have to be on guard and beware of who you follow. Do your own research regardless of what others or myself may say, and build your discernment. I wouldn't say that if I wanted to lead you off of a cliff and its valuable to know how to think for yourself. I want you to see the signs, notice the lay of the land (patterns, behavior, literal sense), and prevent yourself from going over the cliff following certain people/things.
I don't need to hear what non-Black people feel about his words or actions.
