Before we get into what is the latest mess surrounding Kanye West, I have to admit that I don’t have the answers. I can’t definitively tell you whether to take Kanye’s outlandish statements with a pinch of salt, or even whether to continue being a fan of him, his music, his ‘art’ – but what I do know is that it’s time to say enough is enough.
Enough with him bringing down the Black community on worldwide platforms and enough of the wash, rinse, repeat cycle of being outraged, forgetting, moving on and then the same thing happening again in a few months’ time.
I’m all here for a ridiculous celebrity stunt that ultimately harms no one – Sacha Baron Cohen infiltrating Milan Fashion Week in character as Bruno, maybe, but Kanye wearing a ‘White Lives Matter’ top at a fashion show in Paris, absolutely not.
Even an attention-seeking Kanye on a basic level, I can deal with, but when it comes to attacking social injustice movements, this is where the laughter stops and we as spectators of entertainment have to draw a line.
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