Since taking an approach more vocal than ever in recent months, Christian humanitarian Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been adorned with the label “anti-Black” following his commentary on American affairs. Pundits including Lisa Respers of CNN and Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti Defamation League (ADL) have lambasted Ye for his past statements reflecting his opinion that “racism is a dated concept” and that slavery was a “choice.” Additionally, they condemned Ye for wearing a White Lives Matter shirt with Candace Owens at Paris Fashion Week in October.
In her article for CNN, Respers, who has an anti-Christian record that includes making a parody of the Holy Bible, gave credence to the idea that Ye is the “face of anti-Blackness” and wrote off his remarks suggesting George Floyd was killed by a fentanyl overdose as “false.”
During his interview with The Breakfast Club, Greenblatt spoke of Ye in the same breath as anti-Black racists and warned against the potential consequences of what could happen if “we don’t get him,” before correcting the Freudian slip. Greenblatt, who has previously worked in the Clinton and Obama administrations and became a millionaire through bottled water venture capital investments, also spent a large portion of the interview attacking Ye for his statements against the Red Media.
However, Ye’s real words speak for themselves. Ye, who is Black, told Tucker Carlson in an interview “I don’t care about people’s responses, I care about the fact that there’s more Black babies being aborted than being born in New York City at this point, that 50% of Black death in America is abortion.” Later, Ye echoed his concerns on a Clubhouse stream, calling for an end to all federal funding allocated for abortions because of its detriment to Black America.
Moreover, Ye founded Sunday Service Choir in 2019, an all Black gospel collective, and employs numerous Black designers for his Yeezy fashion line. Time and time again, he has advocated for universal housing and stronger communities to combat the issue of Black fatherlessness.
More recently, Ye lobbied in support of Brittney Griner, a Black American basketball player being held prisoner in Russia. The move not only showed Ye’s advocacy for Blacks, but proved his formidability as a diplomat, saying ““You know my position is that America should seek peace with all of our adversaries and free all American prisoners held abroad.” Ye is not anti-Black, in fact, he’s the strongest force for good in Black America this century.
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