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The mother of Ahmaud Arbery, the black man who was murdered by three white men in Georgia two years ago after they falsely accused him of being a thief, is taking at rapper Kanye West, accusing him of helping to support and legitimize extremist behavior with his White Lives Matter fashion stunt.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Wanda Cooper-Jones said she feels extreme disappointment with the rapper, who privately supported her family in the wake of her sons killing. Jones says Wests stunt flies directly in the face of what he had previously told her family.
As a result of his display, White Lives Matter started trending in the US, which would direct support and legitimize extremist behavior, she said in a statement through her attorney. That behavior is much like the behavior that took the life of her son, the statement said.
Link to tweet
According to West, the stunt was meant to communicate that Black Lives Matter is a scam.
https://deadstate.org/ahmaud-arberys-mom-to-kanye-west-your-actions-fly-in-the-face-of-what-you-told-my-family/
hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)May they self-promote themselves right off the "celebrity cliff"... and live to regret it every day of their damned lives.
Hekate
(90,704 posts)Caliman73
(11,738 posts)His ego is so fragile that he would allow himself to be used by others to promote a twisted idea. How the hell is Black Lives Matter a scam? It was a protest movement to bring attention to the fact that Black people, regardless of circumstance, are much more likely to be killed or harmed by Police. It was meant to make everyone take notice of the disparate effects of policing on Black communities versus other communities. It largely succeeded. White people started noticing that Black people tended to have it much worse, often dying just because they were Black and considered dangerous just for being present.
There are always women or members of a minority group who do not mind being used because they get money or importance so long as they are a useful tool. West and Owens are two such figures. As I sad in another post, they will eventually be discarded and if they had any insight, they might understand they were used and left with little to show for it, but that likely won't happen.