KANYE WEST HAS SHOWN WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU STOP

[itzamirakul]

BEING AFRAID OF WHAT "THEY" CAN DO TO YOU.

This is why more big-name black entertainers have not spoken out. They are still scared of what might be "done to them." You know, like losing their popularity or bookings or recording/film contracts.

It's time for Diddy and his cohorts to stop worrying about throwing big parties for their rich friends in the Hamptons and start seeing America for what it really is.

So many young black Americans have said that things are different now then they were in the 60s and don't want to see what position they really hold in this country. Well in one week's time, the forces of the hand of God have shown them how the American Gvernment, both Democrats and Republicans really feel about them.

The difference in now and in the 1960s Black Power Movement is that in those days, blacks had very little to lose so they had very little fear of anything except being attacked LEGALLY by police dogs, water hoses and crazed white klansmen.

[KyndCulture]

1. Gotta hand it to Winton Marsalis last night on 20/20

for breaking it down for what it is.... He did a great interview. I agree though, sans a handful of the black caucus on the Hill, no one with any noteriety has spoken about it.

[rosesaylavee]

3. What did he say? n/t

[KyndCulture]

7. No video on ABC, but he said

that the delayed response was racially motivated and if it was a rich affluent neighborhood in any city, not New Orleans where the population is 2/3 African American, that they would have bent over backwards to rescue them and save their property.

He wasn't pulling any punches. He did a great interview, maybe ABC will put up a clip. I looked but nothing on last nights show yet. ABC also interviewed several other people who shared that view point and expressed it. They did a whole segment on what they called the taboo topic of race that is a question in everyone's mind. I guess that meant that most news organizations aren't tackling the question yet.

[itzamirakul]

11. THEY WON'T RE-BROADCAST IT...

Our only chance of seeing it will be if one of the black tv hosts like Gil Noble on Like It Is, does a program about it.

For most white people in the broadcast news arena, they just want W, Marsalis to talk about Louis Armstrong, and play some jazz. Other than that, they just want him to shut his mouth.

They built a huge new apartment, shopping, theatre complex here in NYC,(The Time Warner Center which also houses CNN) to give him his own Jazz Center because he had started such a wonderful jazz program at their beloved opera and symphony House that it threatened them, so they built a jazz hall several blocs away to get him out of their pristine, arrogant, classical-music hair.But they dress to the nines in their thousand dollar shoes and dresses that cost as much as a house to go to his concerts. It is the place to be seen these days.

Listen Wynston, in the words of Lauren Bacall, "Just put your lips together and blow!"

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. Here you go!

West was not scheduled to perform; he was one of the blah, blah, blahers, who would read from scripts prepared by the network about the impact of Katrina on southern Louisiana and Mississippi.

West and Mike Myers had been paired up to appear about halfway through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans.

Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.

(Myers throws to West, who looked extremely nervous in his super-preppy designer rugby shirt and white pants, which is not like the arrogant West and which, in retrospect, should have been a tip-off.)

West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!

(West throws back to Myers, who is looking like a guy who stopped on the tarmac to tie his shoe and got hit in the back with the 8:30 to La Guardia.)

Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.

(And, because Myers is apparently as dumb as his Alfalfa hair, he throws it back to West.)

West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!

[w13rd0]

2. Kanye West...

...has already demonstrated a willingness to fly in the face of oppression though, with his support for the GLBT community and speaking out on socio-political matters like Sierra Lione.

People should reaquaint themselves with doing what is right because it's the right thing to do... Social engineering has been actively engaged in shaping people for the past several decades, and the results, we are now seeing. Swaths of the population considered throw away people, "i got mine" mentality, an Administration INCAPABLE of being held accountable for ANYTHING.

[peacefreak]

4. I was glad he had the guts to say it.

My first thought was he better watch out because he could be "Dixie-Chicked"

[vi5]

5. Yeah, that could happen...

..all those right wing republican Kanye West fans that are out there could turn on him.

<sarcasm>

[sinkingfeeling]

15. I saw it this morning on CNN Headline News. Uncut!

[LTR]

17. Kanye is virtually bulletproof

I'm not a rap fan, and I'm familiar at all with his music, but I was tempted to check him out after I saw while breezing through the latest issue of Rolling Stone that they gave his new CD a five star rating. Five stars is what they usually give Dylan and Beatles releases!

Rap is a form of music that starts at the street level, with virtually no radio support. This music sells with grass roots promotion, and unlike country music, does not rely on mainstream support.

[leftchick]

6. his remarks were bleeped out on the West Coast broadcast

isn't it nice living a a fascist country?

[KyndCulture]

8. ahhh fuck you NBC... that's just lovely.

Hope there's video of it somewhere today online.

[leftchick]

9. the good news is...

I have been up for one hour and have seen it twice on CNN. UNCENSORED! Kudos to CNN for this whole week!

[KyndCulture]

10. Crooksandliars.com had it, just saw it...

Mike Myers looked shocked! WTG Kayne!

[Fluffdaddy]

12. Mike Myers Had that Oh SHIT look all over his face . Hahahhahaha

[bliss_eternal]

14. I'm going out later today and buying his cd!

I don't even care if I like it.If there is one good song on it, it was worth my money. If it all sucks, and I hate it, I'll give it to someone as a gift, and it was still worth my money.

I just want to support him and the stand he took. It means more than my words could express. Usually, it's good old Jessie J, Stevie Wonder, even Al Sharpton.

In decades past, black athletes used to speak out--like Muhammad Ali. Where are the black athletes?

Yesterday and last night, I saw horror in the eyes of Ellen Degeneres, Kanye West, Chris Rock. I've never seen Chris Rock look that way, btw. It was a very different look than he had after 9/11.

I know others will join these in speaking out, it's just a matter of who and when.

How many more people have to express their horror with this situation before we lose more lives?

[leftchick]

16. yeah what was up with that

If I was mike I would have been nodding my head. Shit....

[Fluffdaddy]

18. Mike was scared to death about getting "Dixie-Chicked".