Evidence of the, um, surprising views held by some high profile Trump supporters. A full
quote from Kayne West:
In
a montage of clips released on the site, West dropped in to chat with
host Harvey Levin about being so appalled that people are still upset
about slavery. An actual quote:
When you hear about slavery for 400 years—for 400 years? That sound like a choice! Like, you was there for 400 years, and it’s all of y’all? It’s like we’re mentally in prison. I like the word prison, because slavery
goes too direct to the idea of blacks. It’s like slavery, Holocaust,
Holocaust, Jews. Slavery is blacks. So prison is something that unites
us as one race … the human race.
Update: God knows why I should bother, but in an attempt to be "fair" to West, here's what
Allahpundit thinks he was trying to say, in a spectacularly so-unclear-it's-offensive fashion:
I think his slavery point is metaphorical, sort of. Quote:
““When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That
sounds like a choice. You was there for 400 years and it’s all of y’all.
It’s like we’re mentally in prison. I like the word ‘prison’ because
‘slavery’ goes too direct to the idea of blacks. Slavery is to blacks as
the Holocaust is to Jews. Prison is something that unites as one race,
blacks and whites, that we’re the human race.” Allowing yourself to be mentally
enslaved is a choice. Unless you’re also physically enslaved, in which
case, ah, you’re probably going to feel mentally enslaved whether you
“choose” to or not.
Kanye West, interesting guy!
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