• 3 days ago
Kanye West recently received backlash over his "White Lives Matter" T-shirt.

But it's not the first time the rapper's comments on race have caused controversy ...
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00:00I will always support my brother Kanye, but the White Lives Matter t-shirt, I don't rock with it.
00:07At best, it's performative, and at worst, it's offensive.
00:25The press completely killed us.
00:30The White Lives Matter t-shirt, I don't rock with it.
00:43You hear about slavery for 400 years, for 400 years that sounds like a choice.
00:48Like, you was there for 400 years and it's all of y'all?
01:00Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had the slaves go work for all the white people.
01:16Y'all, we leaving right now.
01:30What she's going through is terrifying to watch, and it shines a spotlight on what so many women go through when they choose to leave.
02:00The White Lives Matter t-shirt, I don't rock with it.
02:04At best, it's performance, and at worst, it's offensive.
02:09I will always support my brother Kanye, but the White Lives Matter t-shirt, I don't rock with it.
02:30I don't mind Candace Owens because I get it.
02:38She doesn't really influence the people in our culture.
02:42I'm a little disturbed at my brother who I love.
02:44Y'all make an excuse for Brooke because he got a billion dollars.
02:47White lives matter!
03:02If we say black lives matter, then does that mean only black lives?
03:07It's like, no.
03:09But that's interesting that that's what would come from that.

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