The outrage mob can’t really be mad at Kanye West for speaking out. They should be mad at themselves for ignoring an outrageous controversy for so long.
On Monday, as only as he could, Kanye exposed the rank emptiness of ‘Black Lives Matter.’
Pictures circulated showing him, conservative commentator Candace Owens and models at his Paris fashion show wearing White Lives Matter T-shirts.
On Tuesday, Kanye stoked the outrage again by posting on Instagram: ‘Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam. Now it’s over. You’re welcome.’
And on Wednesday he leaned in once more, posting another photo of his shirt with the caption: ‘Here’s my latest response when people ask me why I made a tee that says white lives matter … THEY DO.’
Is he wrong? Not really.
On Monday, as only as the artist now known as Ye could, Kanye exposed the rank emptiness of the Black Lives Matter slogan and called it what it is: a scam
He’s doing two things at once: He’s poking at the idea of highlighting one race over another when, as a self-professed Christian, he believes we’re all one and the same. And he’s going after the executives who took a notion that every human being agrees on — Black Lives Matter – and politicized it for their own gain.
After all, more than two years after the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, what has BLM really done for black people?
It’s long past time we confronted that question, because too…
