Trevor Noah on Kanye, Will Smith and How Social Media Poisons the Well of Civil Discourse

variety.com:

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeTrevor Noah admits that he didn’t think his exchange with Kanye West on social media earlier this year would blow up the way it did.

After Noah discussed, on “The Daily Show,” West’s behavior toward ex-wife Kim Kardashian, West responded by directing a racial slur at him on Instagram, which led to West being banned on the platform for a day.

At the time, Noah responded on Instagram by noting that “the biggest trick racists ever played on black people was teaching us to strip each other of our blackness whenever we disagree,” and also that “I don’t care if you support Trump and I don’t care if you roast Pete.

I do however care when I see you on a path that’s dangerously close to peril and pain.” The Grammys, which Noah hosted, canceled West’s appearance on the show, in a move that Noah criticized.