Kanye West is pissing off some Black group leaders along with his newest trend alternative — seems slipping on a hood eerily just like these of the Ku Klux Klan, is not sitting properly with Black Lives Matter.
Ye wore his pointy black hood earlier this week at his “Vultures” listening get together, and it is inflicting outrage at BLM, and likewise the Nationwide Civic League.
Black Lives Matter tells TMZ … “The shock and disgust that Ye generated should be channeled into supporting efforts to eliminate this repugnant ideology from society.”
The problem right here for BLM … “Hate groups are growing at an alarming rate in America. Of the list of over 1,200 active hate groups in society, the KKK is the largest with hundreds of chapters nationwide — making it larger today than any other point in the group’s long history.”
In different phrases, Kanye ought to be tearing down the KKK not propping them up.
BLM provides … it is main aim is “to expose the prevalence of white supremacist and anti-Black ideals in the U.S., and how those ideals are deeply rooted in its foundation. Recognizing this is the first step toward collective action to eradicate these harmful ideologies.”
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In the meantime, the parents on the Nationwide Civic League says it is an insult to previous and current victims of KKK violence.
As NCL President Doug Linkhart put it us … “Any wearing of clothing that evokes the Ku Klux Klan is an affront to not only those who have been targeted by the KKK, but to American values in general.”
The group acknowledges Kanye’s inventive expression is protected by the Structure, however provides, “Hate speech and symbols are hurtful and should be condemned, not condoned.”
Primarily, they’re saying simply because Kanye is an artist generally known as a provocateur… he should not essentially get a cross for flaunting KKK-like attire.