Just a week ago, Kanye West was heralded as a beacon of free speech. His donning of "White Lives Matter" attire during Paris Fashion Week, his assertion that George Floyd died of a Fentanyl overdose, and his claim that White males were the most silenced demographic were presented by "The Right" as the actions of a "free-thinking Black man". But the question lies, where is this same support when Kanye West needs it the most? Why are we not hearing the cries of "free speech"and "free thinking" now that Kanye West's Oswald Bates-style vitriol has been aimed towards a subset of the White population? Why is "The Right" all of sudden MIA, 404, offline? Are they in hiding? Or are they simply enjoying the economic and social lynching of one of their "tools"?
It's Not About Hate Speech...
JP Morgan, PayPal, Balenciaga, UFC, Endeavor, Adidas, all of Hollywood, Ari Emanuel, Bob Gersh, TMZ, and countless others were totally okay when Kanye West was spreading racist disinformation about Black people. In fact, many of the aforementioned parties promoted Kanye in their publications for being a "free thinker" unbound by the liberal agenda. But now that Kanye's incoherent babble has been aimed squarely at a segment of the White population, it's no longer funny.
As a result - Kanye has been banned by Chase Bank, dropped by Balenciaga, and allegedly cut from Def Jam. Adidas and Netflix were also facing intense pressure to drop any and all work-product/discontinue future relationships and Adidas caved. When was the last time you've seen this level of punishment dealt to a public figure that spewed anti-Black rhetoric? How can these actions be about nixing hate speech if it also maintains United States' racial caste system?
Isn't it also strange how individuals like Ari Emanuel can wag his finger at Kanye West for alleged Anti-Semitic remarks and yet support and even buddy up with Donald Trump, a known anti-Semite whom even Kanye West supported at one point?
It's because it's not about hate speech...
The Constitution Isn't Colorblind
Where are all of these alt-right white supremacists at? Why are they not defending Kanye West from the Big Bad Worldwide Small Hats Reptilian Mafia Gang now?
And where are all of those white and non-Black champions of Freedom of Speech? You know, the ones that always cry about "censorship" and say things like:
Seriously, shouldn't we all be fighting against this tyranny because of the "dangerous precedent" that the private sector's reaction sets? While White people choose to play dumb, they understand very well that Kanye West, a Black man, is getting economically and socially lynched for his freedom of speech and expression.
Their silence is deafening...
Anti-Black Racism is Never De-platformed or Punished
Tucker Carlson with his Great Replacement Panic still has a platform.
Joe Rogan with his Anti-Black Racism still has a platform.
Ben Shapiro with his Anti-Black Racism still has a platform.
Howard Stern with his Anti-Black Racism still has a platform.
Steve Bannon with his Anti-Black Racism still has a platform.
Infamous, Anti-Black Racist Rush Limbaugh had a platform until the day he died and got a Medal of Freedom from the White House.
Joe Scarborough with his covert Anti-Black Racism still has a platform.
Alex Jones recently lost a lawsuit for spreading lies and disinformation about the white families of the white Sandy Hook victims, but he still has a platform.
Oh, and did I mention that Tucker Carlson, Ben Sharpio, Howard Stern, Joe Rogan, Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, and others like them are still able to bank with Chase, PayPal, and etc?! No bank has banned them and no powerful public figure is calling for everyone to stop doing business with them.
White owned sites like Facebook, Breitbart, YouTube, Reddit, 4chan, 8chan, and others have not faced any harsh penalties for promoting and facilitating Anti-Black Racism (and in some cases terrorism) on a daily basis. And neither has Fox News, Newsmax, OAN, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, and other TV networks that often cater to whites and have mostly whites and sellouts speaking on their platforms.
Whites own, run, and control entire media, entertainment, and news platforms both on and off the Internet. And yes, most of the owners and prominent voices of these platforms are white males. Yet, we are supposed to believe that "it's the white man who is the one who is being judged and silenced"?
Let's be real. This is what Kanye West needs to say now more than ever:
"There's nobody that gets judged more than a Black person. Black people have the least amount of a platform to even speak without being scolded, punished, gaslit, and judged."
And wait a minute..
Why aren't these Anglo white males with large platforms standing with Kanye West to fight the issue they so often hint around? If these Anglo whites were serious, wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity to come together in Kanye's defense to fight "America's true masters?" .
White Society is On Code
If White Group A and Black Group A have beef with White Group B, White Group A will NOT side with Black Group A for any reason. In fact, White Group A will work with White Group B to destroy Black Group A before turning the cannons back on one another. What that means for Black people is that Anglo Whites finger-pointing at Jewish Whites is none of our concern. The whole White Supremacist talking point that "white liberal Jewish elites are attacking America" is irrelevant because all of them (along with other non-Black groups) coalesce to maintain the anti-Black US' Racial Caste System.
White people control over 85% of the wealth and power in America, if they see you as a big enough threat, they can lock you out of the economic system. And if you are a public figure, they can work across all facets of society - media, business, etc to destroy your brand and reputation. Unfortunately, most Black-owned institutions are reliant on that 85% to function. So while we may have autonomy on paper - one false move can result in our disconnection from the economic and media apparatus for good.
For this reason and more, Black Americans need compensation for the historical and present-day racism that is practiced against us. The repair will be used to build our own autonomous and independent institutions so that we are no longer beholden to a system designed for us to fail. Because when we are dependent on the system it doesn't only come for our reputation and finance, it comes for our resources and water as we see in Flint, MI and Jackson, MS. It's time that we codify and begin to become the self-sufficient people we need to be to survive.
The Delusion of Inclusion
Kanye's mistake was believing that he ascended into honorary Anglo status. Every pat on the back he received for perpetuating Anti-Black Racism only served to grow his delusion of inclusion. His "defcon 3 on Jews" was not a Black man defending Black America, it was a self-proclaimed Anglo grabbing his tiki torch and heading for Charlottesville. You see, Kanye believed that he was the harbinger of the Anglo vs. Jewish holy war but ended up the opening act for the Anglo/Jewish "Riverdance on Ye's Career Festival". Listen to him explain his empathies himself:
Ye empathized with "right-wing" White males and began to identify with/internalize their issues and struggles. But Ye, like many others before him, forgot the one thing that no one else in the room did...he's Black. In THEIR house, Ye's "Blackness" relegated him to a perpetual guest status. But the praise and adulation received for his anti-Black statements led Ye to believe he transcended into honorary Anglo status. When he spoke against another White ethnicity he thought he was doing it under the guise and protection of being an Anglo. But what he saw was the White community codify and deal with him like the guest he was the entire time. Let this be a lesson...
Black people need to understand the importance of building, maintaining, and protecting our own metaphorical houses because WE. HAVE. NO. FRIENDS! If we do not become the economic and social foundation of our community, outcomes such as this are inevitable. We also must be steadfast in crushing any and all anti-Black racism. Attempting to rationalize and/or find the nuance in anti-Black rhetoric only works to trivialize attacks against us as a people. In the end, we have to answer the question: Where did Kanye's White Supporters Go? The answer is:
They never existed...
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