Also not 100% sure what the deal is with his slavery comments. Seen things that it was awful and others that it was waayy out of context.

Kanye is literally the sanest he’s ever been at this point in his life lol this is the weird brainwashing I’m talking about. Same people that praised that Katy perry cunt for apologizing she wore corn rows are the same people destroying this country. We live in a place where we can’t have a differing opinion without being called a name. The far left are like school children that make up a rumor about a kid having coodies and everyone believes it because if they don’t the far left will say they have coodies. We live in that world. It is insane. Grown people should be able to have a discussion. Push their agenda. Say their argument. And walk away shaking hands and respecting each other for having a opinion. Not worried about being called racist or insane or crazy or whatever.

word, idk if id go as far as saying its worth listening to....but it was interesting and hes a good speaker lol.

How long is it? I’ll peep later most likely.

12minutes give or take

Literally all he was saying was that he shouldn’t be bullied for being a republican and Black people shouldn’t feel obligated to be a Democrat. Which they do feel that way. He wasn’t even pushing a republican agenda. It was more like a think for yourself speech.

I only had a problem with the slavery was a choice comment. The thread is about slavery was a choice comment and you guys made it into something it wasn't. Don't speak on what the black community needs to do you don't have the mental capacity.

Oof. Will get some whiskey in me first.

You don’t think it was out of context?or was the context still shit if it was.?

Yea well I’m white and from Baltimore so I’d say I can speak a little bit on black people. And I addressed that comment if you would of read the thread. The same way you probably didn’t listen to Kanye and read the bait headline that has you playing Malcolm X on a hip hop site owned by a country club cracker.

lol

i wish i had country club money

all i do is pay the bills for this thing. i stepped out of the day to day forever ago.

ehhh he said a little more than that

if we are all agreeing that his slavery comment was to have been an analogy for black peoples present economic hardship........then he was saying that their distinct disadvantages are irrelevant when placed against determination and sheer will.

theres a lot of implications in that mentality that are just wrong. obviously there are people in that demographic doing everything they possibly can with their means and are still unable to overcome the economic disparity they are dealt.

hes implying that those people don't exist.....and I personally find that really fucking hard to believe.


yo....u can dispute this if u want but the equivalent of what kanye said is this.... black people are lazy fuckin idiots.


like I said there is a lot of merit to free thought in the face of media based propaganda and enduring love for mankind ..... but he said more than that ....we cannot pretend he didn't.

waiting for you to say something intelligent in this thread. youre embarrassing wakanda/

All that education and you are still reaching. Expected more Ms. Daisy.

He said 400 years of slavery was a choice. He owes my ancestors an apology. He wouldn't survive a week in real slavery with how mentally fragile he is.

@Moe Jetts take some time out and speak on how the white middle class is being squeezed out, moping & complaining. You talk bad on a group of people but never having real dialogue in your area I don't care if you're from BMore you're not voicing these opinions to people in the hood I know that.

Lol not about to have a dialogue with a bunch of white textcees on a subject like this. Not worth my typing.

Yea and why are black people lazy fucking idiots because of the white people that tell them society is designed to keep them down and they are doomed. Which white people are those? I wonder. Maybe a change in thought process is in order. Idk. Kanye probably just hates blacks.

legit question - are you of the opinion systemic oppression of minorities in the US is an illusion and a grand scheme by the "far left" to get votes? that this grand conspiracy by the evil libs is the only thing keeping black people from being treated equally in the US?

is this what you believe and if not, please correct the above to what your belief is. i really want to hear this. no hyperbole.

I certainly am lol my people know my character and they know racist is the last thing I am. I don’t have to prove that to them or watch my mouth. I believe they are called real niggas. You wouldn’t relate. You are fake angry because you were born with a darker skin color. Man you are so down homie.

Whites are prone to pedophelia, beastiality and shooting up schools, malls, churches and Jason Aldean concerts lol. You probably live in the hood which why you're fed up with blacks. Get your money up.

I don't think a change in thought process is the ONLY thing that's in order though which I feel like again is what he said....whether he meant to or not....although I honestly do think in his out of touch perspective he s of a mind that this change of thought patterning in lower income districts would completely fix the issue.

Yea I mean it’s not like master plan lol but both parties obviously want black support. And both should have it. Somehow democrats have landed the majority of minority’s just by saying conservatives are racist and black people just being like yea alright fuck them then. Is it not concerning that Democrats run on free shit for black people and tell them how bad they have it and black folks run to them. And republicans generally run on jobs for black people (African American unemployment at an all time low) and nobody cares lol but it is all about the black vote. That’s not debated is it? On both sides.

And blacks are prone to killing each other.


Let’s all work on it.

And I’m a director at a human services company. My money is fine.

A lot of hard work. Wink wink.

I want to make sure I understand you accurately (and this is not a dig/insult/etc):

You believe that Democrats have the majority of minority support because they tell them that Republicans are racist and run on a platform of telling minorities they deserve free things.

Is this correct? And if so, what is your level of familiarity with Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, Dixiecrats and the Civil Rights movement, Reaganomics and the Crack Epidemic, etc? Again, honest questions because I think there is a learning opportunity here.

I'd like to be clear that my references to those things do not preclude your conclusion and I understand that they were in the past.

black people have a lot of disadvantages in modern day society and it is a symptom of decades of targeted policies including law enforcement, real estate, gerrymandering, mandatory minimums, bail, school funding, obviously the war on drugs, etc. and it is not a coincidence that the people that disagree usually live the type of life uh-oh lives(staying in one concentrated area, no extended experiences trying to understand minority perspectives). a lot of it is socioeconomic, which if you remove empathy and understanding you can attempt to blame on individuals, which is what apparently gets uh-oh's dick hard at all times. but a substantial amount of the social inequalities are still because of the image media has portrayed concerning skin color for the last couple decades which is why it's so disgustingly unfair for things to still be as regressive as it is in 2018 for minorities in a lot of situations especially post-trump.

old lady in kuaui put it like this for me; if you've never taken a flight anywhere in your lifetime, and all you've ever seen about planes on the news is footage and stories of the ones that crash, you are going to think they're dangerous. i think this rings true for a high majority of the uniformly white areas of america. i think this is why cops shoot first around minorities.

but it is true that letting that mentality engulf your actions through out life will often times turn out counterproductive, as metts said. although the mentality is for good reason, and those reasons are true. like diode said.

it is understandable to have that mentality when dealing with all of these things whether it's because you've been told it since day 1 or because big or little, shit adds up as the years go on.

but demonizing each other about this first baby step of a long dialogue is going to get us nowhere. so compromise is completely necessary right out of the gate on both sides in order to get to the actual point of the conversation kanye tryna have us have anyways.

which is,

have we really tried defeating hate with overwhelming love? is there any practical way to make this work in current society. why can't an influential hip hop artist show unconditional love to a person in the most powerful position in america despite them being surrounded by people that are presumably racist at some level(or high levels). does this have to make him an uncle tom or can it do more by showing that minorities won't allow themselves to be effected negatively by racists. have we seen accidental courtesy? i know it's a controversial approach, which street activists don't take kindly to for good reason. but effectiveness is effectiveness regardless. and i think daryl davis in his micro contributions is as important as what street activists have been doing and unfortunately in the last decade what street activists do has been less effective because of numbers & stamina but also because the law makers in this country just don't at all give a shit about empathy. especially regarding minorities. they don't even give a shit about kids learning. about schools being funded. or any basic shit we all think would be something to consider in legislation. but face to face dialogue has a much better chance of creating empathy and understanding in the oppressors. and that's why i like what kanye is doing.

but i am white af so my opinion probably DUN'T MATTA

And to the 2nd part. No. I’m saying black people keep black people from being treated equally with this slave mentality that the great grand wizard kanye was speaking on.

dammit like 15 posts happened in the time it took me to post that let me catch up

that Kanye album gon be fiyah!!!

You’re not speaking to one of these dirt people boarders that play a character on message boards. Don’t disrespect me like this. If you are as smart as you like to tell everyone you are then you know exactly what I’m saying and what I’m familiar with.

Kanye started the convo. That’s huge.

see that's my other issue.......kanye did not start the convo ....not among people actually educated on the topic

...and im not saying anyone in this conversation isn't educated on the topic......what im saying is that a lot of people that this is going to reach based on kanyes unique platform of influence (our youth) ARE uneducated on the matter so if this is the only info they are getting on the case and hes jumbling the fucking message and information it will do more harm than good.

i've never understood how pointing out designed truths in the system can be confused with trying to keep people down psychologically

the shit's real, explaining it loudly is to help & increase awareness of the obstacles in place, not to say you are inevitably doomed

Well he’s one of the first big time black culture influencers that has a differing opinion. We live in a celebrity driven world unfortunately.

but as you just pointed out this conversation didn't exist to a lot of the people it's reaching and i think the whole country is in agreeance that he doesn't really know what he's talking about so doesn't that create a unique opportunity to 1, correct kanye at a specific time where he seems to be receptive to all opposing views which can 2, use his platform to teach it correctly?

fingers crossed

Boof, repped.

Kanye a faggot who got lipo because he doesn't want to be made fun of.

Lmao vintage Amen.

You don’t wanna be an expert today?