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Kanye West: 'More Outrage Over Me Wearing a Trump Hat' than Black-on-Black Crime
Breitbart ^ | May 1 2018 | by CHARLIE SPIERING

Posted on 05/01/2018 6:04:40 PM PDT by ethom

Rap superstar and culture critic Kanye West accused many in the black community of hypocrisy by focusing more of their outrage on white violence against black people or his decision to wear a Donald Trump campaign hat than the problems in black communities. “Black people have a tendency to focus and march when a white person kills a black person or wears a hat, but when it’s 700 kids being killed in Chicago it’s O.K.,” Kanye West said during a lengthy and wide-ranging interview with TMZ boss Harvey Levin on Tuesday.

The Grammy-winning rapper-producer’s words infuriated Van Lathan, a black reporter at the TMZ office who said Kanye was lying, pointing to people in those communities working to improve them.

“There’s been more focus and more marches about whites killing blacks than kids in Chicago killing each other,” West continued. “Ninety percent of black people being killed are killed by other blacks.”

Indeed, to Kanye’s point, according to the FBI’s latest annual “Crime in the United States” report, 90 percent of black Americans killed in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 were killed by blacks.

Lathan continued shouting at the rapper, some of which was censored, prompting West to walk across the room to give him a hug.

“I love you, bro,” he said. “I am sorry I hurt you with my words.”

“Bro you gotta be responsible, man … your voice is too big,” Lathan replied.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bellcurve; chicago; demplantation; harveylevin; illinois; kanyewest; tmz; vanlathan
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the words of Dr Sowell seem to be having quite an impact on the young man..:)
1 posted on 05/01/2018 6:04:40 PM PDT by ethom
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Go Kanye!!! TRUTH!


2 posted on 05/01/2018 6:07:50 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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He is on a roll ..


3 posted on 05/01/2018 6:09:12 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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front page of breitbart now... KANYE WEST ‏ Verified account @kanyewest 31 minutes ago I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. - Harriet Tubman
4 posted on 05/01/2018 6:09:53 PM PDT by ethom
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That’s my mofo dawg! Ruff, ruff!


5 posted on 05/01/2018 6:13:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: ethom

He went there! Go Kanye!


6 posted on 05/01/2018 6:14:06 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: ethom

The perpetual wrong headed decisions of the left.


7 posted on 05/01/2018 6:14:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For phtos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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8 posted on 05/01/2018 6:15:08 PM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: ethom

Gutless reporter who took Kayne on is a tool.


9 posted on 05/01/2018 6:15:57 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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Go Kanye! Anyone who is willing to study Thomas Sowell ‘s thoughts has great
curiosity.
I appreciate his willingness to take one for his team.
I pray that he stays safe.


10 posted on 05/01/2018 6:15:59 PM PDT by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: ethom

Knock me over with a feather...

Prayers for his safety.


11 posted on 05/01/2018 6:16:29 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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He’s right..and Black Lives Matter is a total fraud organization. Two days ago a 15 year old girl named Hannah Bell was murdered while standing at a burger stand in South Central LA..yes there was a candlelight vigil in her honor and calls to end the violence, but I didn’t see BLM show up and demand justice for her..not a peep..because she wasn’t murdered by a cop..she was killed by another black


12 posted on 05/01/2018 6:16:33 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Democrats always loved their black thugs murdering other blacks and threatening other blacks.

Maybe the Kadarshians can reverse their antigun stance too


13 posted on 05/01/2018 6:17:48 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: ethom

proglib phony outrage

Illegitimately shaming others to claim moral superiority.

I believe they act out being “outraged” at every minuet detail of anyone or anything Republican, conservatives, Christian, mature, restrained or properly educated.

The reality is they are outraged at themselves for being so easily duped and tricked by other proglibs hitting them up for money and then losing to President of the United States Donald John Trump (I love saying that out loud, it really blisters their butts) whom they believe to be of low intelligence and inferior to themselves.

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14 posted on 05/01/2018 6:18:07 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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oh no he didnt! Kanye West: Obama Was ‘Opioids’ to the Black Community http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/01/kanye-west-obama-opioids-black-community/


15 posted on 05/01/2018 6:18:08 PM PDT by ethom
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“Prayers for his safety”...

Think...

Tupac.


16 posted on 05/01/2018 6:18:19 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA/KAG!!!)
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To: ethom

Good that he is speaking up, pointing out the truth.


17 posted on 05/01/2018 6:18:42 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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They Bill Cosby him in 3...2...1...


18 posted on 05/01/2018 6:18:42 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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I would be pi$$ed too if no one said a thing about Snoop cuz threatening me.


19 posted on 05/01/2018 6:18:49 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: TLI

Kanye West: ‘Fake News’ Media is Like ‘Torture Porn’ for Losers http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/01/kanye-west-fake-news-media-like-torture-porn-losers/


20 posted on 05/01/2018 6:19:20 PM PDT by ethom
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