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What the FUCK KANYEEEEEE?
Is he a foe or friend?
Over the last couple of weeks, Kanye West aka Ye has been the spot light of everyone's conversations, Normally, his rants and brief blowouts afterward seemed to take a backseat to his creativity. The African American populous has looked over, shoved under the bed, and even dismissed Kanye's behaviors since he let the world know of his Bipolar diagnosis. He has gotten pass after pass from disruptive outbursts, but when and where does society draw the line between mental illness and toxicity? How can one tell if someone has used their diagnosis and creativity to manipulate a situation in their favor? What is normal behavior in today’s society with the back-and-forth banter from supposed leaders boasting and bragging about how they can a lone help the American people? How about the abnormal behavior of crossing boundaries? When has it ever been okay to purposely hurt or defame to get what one wants, it could be money, power, or the complete opposite they want to be left alone, they are screaming for attention, self-sabotaging, ready to end it all sometimes. Is that what Kanye West is doing, to be frank Kanye,; well no one, will know what Kanye is up to except for Kanye West. What can be said is Kanye appears to have a plan in the works, now I don’t know if this plan is well thought out for the exit strategy from different contractual obligations, but what is known is that he has some behaviors that have always been called into question. Those behaviors backlash ( or what I like to call Black lash-being in the media’s reel when exhibiting deviant behaviors longer than the counter people.) For a while, he then goes on the record about what he was going through. Now, there was a real sympathetic outpour of support because we all know mental health is nothing to play around with, unfortunately at this point is it still an excuse to perpetuate non-productive mentalities against any ethnic group. I’m not going to say Ye is all wrong what I can say is he is wrong about how he is going about whatever situation he’s trying to get rid of. It’s not okay that hurt people hurt people, it’s not okay to displace one’s anger on a group of people. African Americans have seen, experienced, and still fight to this day for this maladaptive behavior to dissipate. Instead, it appears he is using the same tactics as the prior US President. Providing imaginary power to any bigot, or racist who felt unsure if it was truly okay to speak whatever came to their mind (out loud) with “I’m fighting racism with racism.” Slavery was a choice, how about white Lives Matter Shirts? Okay, Kanye we understand for one to wants to be apart of the game one has played the game, but is he playing too close to the fire? Kanye’s History has told us yes he’s dangerously close again but every time something saves him, ask yourself does that make him right?
The White Man Complex
Before you shoot the messenger white culture has been the epicenter of behavioral interaction. From how One shakes hands to how a person looks down to the color of their skin. Black men over time have appeared to act, do, and sound like white men, mainly for protective purposes eventually gravitating towards the sunken place. We all know it’s difficult to keep one self dignity, integrity, and self-efficacy intact when assimilating into a particular group of people. Why should a black man have to, anyway, because society has continued to defame, project, and misplace information which becomes a stigma to be black and a man.
Black people have struggled to find their place in a world that seems to throw them away when they are unable to provide some kind of service that they seem fit. In a society where being yourself was deemed illegal laws against dress, hair, and other things deemed black where put into place. The black fight to become another active person in society has yet to end.
Since this fight has not ended some black men appear to take the saying “if I can’t beat them, join them”, to a whole new level. They are walking, talking, and spreading maliciousness because that’s what they see/hear to obtain this power and respect their counterparts are experiencing. We can’t expect enough white men in power at this time to show up and show out, we can only expect the majority of them to be out for themselves, and how they can benefit from whatever opportunity. For Black men, this perspective does more harm than good. Pushing their homeschooling away while accepting to be the token boy. Don’t believe for one moment that all black men are leaning towards this White man Complex. There are LeBron James, Denzel Washington, Harry Belafonte, James Baldwins, Kendrick Lamars, Jay-Zs, and Lil Babys out here in the world more than the switcharoos. That doesn’t make the switcharros any more dangerous to the culture. It’s dangers because it opens a door that black people have been slowly closing for years, being bigotry and hate don’t live in these walls.
The door which I’m referring to is the door of the Freedom to be. Be whomever and whatever one wants to be with no red tape. Now, from the outside looking in, white males and people, in general, are treated differently versus people of color, it can be obvious if one wants to see it. There’s no excuse for why, fortunately, there are a lot of white people calling out their white culture's wrongness it’s unfortunate there’s not enough. Because now people of color have to deal with House Negro as Malcolm X would put it, people turning against a cause that’s been in play for over 400 years.
This brings us back to the conundrum is Kanye West a Friend or Foe, well we don’t know, he says he doing this for the people and he wants the people to follow the right ways, he’s here to help the people but doesn’t this remind anyone of a manipulative friend. You know the one that says “I did it for us” but you don’t benefit at all.
All I know is Kanye West has put something in the air and friends don’t create more trouble for their friend intentionally. Friends also don’t let friends drive drunk, friends also need to know when to let the friendship go because it’s toxic. Whatever your relationship is to Kanye take a good look if his “out of the box” ideas are worth the egregiousness that sometimes follows.
