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400 years? What a dumb ass. I think slavery has been around a bit longer than that... Like since day one people have been making slaves of others.
Kanye definitely needs a publicist to edit his shit before he says it. Playing devil's advocate here, he might have meant that he doesn't understand how blacks were enslaved for 400 years without revolting to end slavery. And that by not doing so he believes many blacks must have accepted that they could do nothing about their enslavement. And in his wacky mind that = choosing to remain a slave.
I don't know how valid his point of view is. Sounds ignorant at best because I'm sure "rising up and throwing off the shackles of bondage" must not have been very easy to do. I'm sure the horrors of slavery were a darn good motivation to escape if possible and nobody would choose to be a slave if they could help it.
Shonuff have and I seem to remember many bible stories that attest to that fact. Seems that the Egyptians are some of the greatest offenders in this area.400 years? What a dumb ass. I think slavery has been around a bit longer than that... Like since day one people have been making slaves of others.
Kanye and the Duck Dynasty guy would get along. One thinks slavery was a choice, the other thinks since slaves were singing it means they were happy so being enslaved wasn't so bad.
Oh I didn't suggest it was a brilliant plan on his part. I believe he has overstepped and I am hoping he has ruined his career. I've never seen Kanye as a "genius" artist and I've always thought he was (still is) a complete moron.I honestly can't see slavery denial as being a big driver of sales unless his people think that the white supremacist market is worth burning all of the other demographics to go after.
well considering that they weren't really paid any money, maybe we can call it a Unpaid Internship work program?I'm gonna let you finish, but I just gotta say that Blacks had no Unemployment during Slavery!
So many people who have spent a long time in prison do not ever want to be freed. Some among those who get freed completely lose it.
We have millions and millions of people in this country, including very educated ones, who want to hand more and more of their freedoms to the government (which is just one authority, it could be any person or entity). The point is, freedom is a terrible and very difficult thing. Its a deep topic and perhaps not suited to online discussion.
So many people who have spent a long time in prison do not ever want to be freed. Some among those who get freed completely lose it.
We have millions and millions of people in this country, including very educated ones, who want to hand more and more of their freedoms to the government (which is just one authority, it could be any person or entity). The point is, freedom is a terrible and very difficult thing. Its a deep topic and perhaps not suited to online discussion.
400 years? What a dumb ass. I think slavery has been around a bit longer than that... Like since day one people have been making slaves of others.
I'm pretty sure making slaves of others is a CHOICE!
Who said that it wasn't?
He was talking about slaves for 400 years... Slaves have been had for thousands of years.
Indus is pointing out that you took an unimportant point and tried to run with it, rather than contend with his statement that the US' slaves perpetuated their own enslavement.
To draw a parallel, it's like being outraged over Bill Cosby's hypocrisy, rather than his drug-raping.
I didn't hear him say anything about US Slaves in particular. And the USA hasn't even existed for 400 years.
I took the only point in any of this: We all know that Kanye is retarded anyway, nobody should give a good damn what he says.
Ah, but slavery perpetrated by settlers and colonists, upon the American continent, certainly has. That goes way back to the days of Casas and Columbus.
Ah, but slavery has been around as long as mankind. On all continents.
Thanks for making my point, the 400 years comment was as stupid as you trying to make it all about the US.
400 years? What a dumb ass. I think slavery has been around a bit longer than that... Like since day one people have been making slaves of others.
Yeah, and kidnapping victims grow to love their kidnappers, aka the Stockholm Syndrome. If you could ask potential slaves, convicts and kidnap victims BEFORE they become such, what do you think their answer would be if given the choice between X and freedom? Freedom is a terrible thing, but how many people will give it up to someone trying to violently take it? Prison is not a good comparison to slavery or kidnapping, since it's a punishment handed out by a court for actions knowingly taken by the prisoner.
Kanye is a marketing genius.