Posted on 06/22/2015 10:43:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In 2013, Kanye West set about on what appeared to be a one-man mission to reappropriate the Confederate flag, long considered by many to be a symbol of hatred and racial terrorism.
He was photographed sporting an MA-1 green-and-orange flight jacket; the flag was sewn prominently on the sleeve. Not only did West wear the patch on his jacket, he was photographed draped in the flag.
In an interview with Los Angeles radio station 97.1 AMP, West explained his motivation.
“React how you want,” West said. “Any energy is good energy. The Confederate flag represented slavery in a way. That’s my abstract take on what I know about it, right? So I wrote the song ‘New Slaves.’ So I took the Confederate flag and made it my flag. It’s my flag now.”
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Trump or West?
The no talent jerk, Kanye West, of course. Trump??
He is one D.A.N. if ever I saw one
He gets a free pass because of his protective pigmentation and because he trashed Bush.
Kanye West? Who is she?
had one try to pull the same stunt with me - went off her birth control and didn’t tell me - her girlfriend thought better of the ruse and told me...that was 35 yrs ago all these years and she’s amounted to nothing...karma is a bitch
“This Confederate flag thing is a diversion. From what?”.....
Just another “cause” that gets something for the media to write about.
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