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Sun, Sep. 18th, 2005, 12:25 pm
Why Kanye's Right. Water is an amazing element. It can roll in, reshape the face of mountains, and roll out leaving that which stands in its wake raw and exposed. The floodwater associated with Hurricane Katrina submerged a city and drowned a façade. Amazing. Enter Kanye West. West having observed images of mostly Black victims of this disaster inside what is ostensibly a mixed city did what many of us, even if we wanted to, would not have the opportunity to do; he opened his mouth, seemingly to recite his part of a script, and spoke of the unscripted realities of racism. Here is a news flash for anyone who believes that racism was not a factor in this disaster- - it was. I will allow that Kanye’s assertion regarding the president is beyond my ability to verify but his comments about the actions of the press, George Bush (if we look at him as representative of his office and thus the “system” inherent in our system of government and the larger issue of race in general cannot be denied. continued... Fri, Sep. 16th, 2005, 08:27 pm
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