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Twitter exploded after word got out, and while West saw some support, including a fellow who called him a "pro-black genius," others called him a disgrace. Read one tweet, "Ye - THATS STUPID! Brother I marched to have that vile rag torn down from the state house grounds."
Asked to explain the rationale for including the controversial symbol on his clothing, West told AMP Radio, "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. Now what you gonna do?"
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/kanye-west-confederate-flag/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
1000words
(7,051 posts)West is kind of a dick, but he does understand the finer points of subversion
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Next thing you know he'll be dating a Kardashian...
1000words
(7,051 posts)Kardashian. Nicely done.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)New Rule: Just as black people are the only ones allowed to use the N-bomb, black people are the only ones allowed to fly the Confederate Navy Flag. White people aren't allowed.
1000words
(7,051 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)and nothing more. That fucking moron would wear a white pointed hood if he thought it would get him some attention.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Hat tip to La Vita e Bella.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)to act like friggin bigots. That's a cool looking jacket as far as colors go, but flag needs to go for something else in same colors.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)can use this flag to hold the black man down any more. By taking it as " his" he is basically flipping the finger at the bigots.
I watched him on Jimmy Kimble's show a few weeks ago and I had never heard an interview with him, but he is actually a very smart business man.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)I wonder if he will reclaim the Confederate Flag the same way black music artists reclaimed the n-word in pop culture.
He's certainly an interesting guy.