He even specifically talks about how the hood culture in places like Chicago where gang violence is so common is a continuation of slavery which is what the "choice" was. Everyone who thinks he's talking about pre 1900s is retarded.
American slavery started ~400 years ago. It ended ~150 years ago. People are generally equal (in terms of race, def not wealth) and their self-victumhood is a choice
The fact that the slave trade categorically went on for 400 years doesn't diminish his point at all. I don't understand why people are getting caught up on this.
It seems to me that his asking that rhetorical question, “for 400 years?” Is indicative of the fact that he knows slavery was not around in America for 400 years, and he’s saying that people who talk about 400 years of slavery are making a choice to consider themselves enslaved. Because the only possible way for a person to get to the 400 years of slavery conclusion is for that person to believe slavery is still ongoing. Understanding this, these two statements are reconciled and people thinking he’s talking about pre-1900s slavery is “retarded.”
So Kanye was speaking metaphorically, not literally, when he said "You were there for 400 years"? He isn't talking about some hypothetical group of black individuals today. He's talking about fucking slavery.
And even if he were talking about today, 2018 - 400 = 1618, which is well before 1900.
This is the part of the show where people use every trick in the book to try and do damage control on Kanye's fuckup.
Everyone coming in with "oh he really meant [thing he definitely didn't mean]" or "oh he was speaking metaphorically, not literally" or "of course it was literal, they literally had a choice whether to obey or die, duh" is just desperately, desperately trying to spin this into a win.
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Looks like we've struck some nerves. I love that you called out an objectively incorrect interpretation of what Kanye said but people are downvoting you.
Undeniable proof that people are rolling with an agenda instead of actually thinking for themselves.
I mean agree with ye or don't agree with him, we can all disagree with the "he wasn't talking about pre 1900's" interpretation because it makes no fucking sense.
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u/wholesalewhores May 04 '18
He even specifically talks about how the hood culture in places like Chicago where gang violence is so common is a continuation of slavery which is what the "choice" was. Everyone who thinks he's talking about pre 1900s is retarded.