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Originally posted by Hakan@Sep 3 2005, 01:58 PM
Good for Kanye. He was making a statement about institutional racism IMO. Which, InTheSlot, is still very much alive and well today.
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Exactly.
It's not like Kanye was just p*ssed off at the relief efforts. This is just another example showcasing the desperate povery that so many black Americans live in. Kanye's comments came after a life time of seeing this, not just a few CNN clips of NO.
Everyday in the US, poverty stricken communities of mostly minorities, are largely forgotten about by the majority and their governments.
If the US government really cared about these people, they would have recieved help long before any hurricane hit.
If no one cared about them b4 the hurricane, why is so hard to believe that no one cares now?
Is Bush a racist? Well he has turned the other cheek to huge population of his people who live in extreme poverty and are mostly black.
He also did have it arranged so that a large community of them in Florida could not vote in his first election.
Do these things make his racist? Maybe, maybe not, but they certainly don't scream out "I care about black people."
While Kanye's wording may not have been the best, his thoughts and intentions are very valid.