Did Kanye Really Say That Slavery Was a 'Choice'?
by EG
First, Keeping Up with The Kardashians co-star Kanye West ruffled a lot of feathers by saying that he loves Donald Trump. Then he made it even worse by saying that black people suffered 400 years of slavery by "choice." After the controversial remarks, Kanye has attempted to explain what he meant.
Via Page Six.
Kanye West is scrambling to do damage control following his controversial interview with TMZ — in which he claimed slavery was a “choice” for black people.
“We are programmed to always talk and fight race issues,” West tweeted on Tuesday night.
“We need to update our conversation,” he said, noting how he “knew” the TMZ interview “would be awesome.”
“The reason why I brought up the 400 years point is because we can’t be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years. We need free thought now. Even the statement was an example of free thought…It was just an idea.”
The rapper went on to claim that he was “once again” being “attacked for presenting new ideas.”
“In school we need to learn how magic [sic] Johnson built his business not always about the past. Matter fact I’ve never even heard of a high school class that presents future ideas,” West said. “When the media masses and scholars talk about what started today. Here’s a title … the overground hell road.”
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