Well Kanye West done did it now, and unlike all the others times he screwed up, there may be no coming back from this one. During his Saint Pablo tour stop Thursday night, Kanye Omari West told his fans that while he didn’t actually vote, if he would’ve cast his ballot, he would’ve voted for president-elect Donald Trump. And as if that wasn’t WTF? enough, Kanye jumped completely out the window by pretty much advising black people to sweep racism under the rug and for us to bury our heads in sand because racism will forever be around.
Kanye West tonight speaking on racism in America. “Specifically to black people, stop talking about race so much.” pic.twitter.com/HTWlJgdq7E
— Brandon E. Patterson (@myblackmindd) November 18, 2016
“Specially black people, stop focusing on racism. This world is racist, okay? Let’s stop being distracted to focus on that as much,” Kanye told his booing fans. “It’s just a f*cking fact. We’re are in a racist country. Period. Do not allow people to make us talk about that so f*cking long. Let’s talk about whatever you wanna talk about it. Just stop talking about that, bro. It’s racist, okay. Radio racism. Hollywood racism. It’s a racist f*cking country, period. And not one other candidate was going to instantly be able to change that because of their views.”
Naturally, Kanye, the same man who once got on national TV and said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” after Bush failed to quickly send aid to southern states following Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in 2005, is also being accused of not caring about black people. Fans are rightfully hammering the misguided star for his comments all over social media.
https://twitter.com/ericandre/status/799652090796572672
https://twitter.com/Four_Pins/status/799645119297138689
@kanyewest You have no idea what Pablo feels like
— ‘Miserable’ Pablo Torre 🕳️ (@PabloTorre) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/ScottieBeam/status/799591603065208832
https://twitter.com/ScottieBeam/status/799588067967283200
Kanye West just lost the Black vote
— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) November 18, 2016
The Irony that Kanye would state publicly that "he didn't vote" is horrific. What a total disservice to those lying in their tombs. -:(
— "Dorsett" (@Dorsett1) November 18, 2016
Kanye: So many people hate me…
Kanye to Kanye: But not ALL the people hate you…make all the people hate you… pic.twitter.com/qkF0HkKnUe
— Kozza (@Kozza) November 18, 2016
Kanye West doesn’t care about black people.
— Mike Monteiro, cisgender male (@monteiro) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/hannibalburess/status/799640694767976449
2008 Kanye : George Bush Hates Black People
2016 : I support Trump, let's stop making things about race pic.twitter.com/W8TpY5NZTB— bria LASSO💎 (@BriiiCarter) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/broduxx_/status/799655408059187200
https://twitter.com/Queen_Lauren101/status/799654581387063296
https://twitter.com/ChriStylezz/status/799605854165008385
I'll be donating a ridiculous amount of NBs and Yeezys to struggling immigrants in NYC.
— *EL COCODRILLO TURBO* (@ActionBronson) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/YourFavoriteZoe/status/799654732524462080
Jay-Z is probably somewhere like "Kanye? 🤔 No, the name isn't familiar. 😐"
— Luvvie (@Luvvie) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/RealLifeKaz/status/799611654216548352
For the first time in my life I had to stop and think for a sec…am I really about to delete all of my kanye off my phone?
— 🤔 (@Marky_Beats) November 18, 2016