During the Hurricane Katrina incident of 2005, rapper Kanye West famously stated that President Bush “doesn’t care about black people.” How the tables have turned. Now, GQ columnist Damon Young asserts that “Kanye West doesn’t care about black people” over his newfound embrace of President Trump and black conservative commentator Candace Owens.
In his latest piece for The Root’s VSB (Very Smart Brothas), Young laments the hurt that Kanye’s actions have brought to his many black fans. He begins by first recalling how one of his best friends lost touch with his own mother — his own flesh and blood — during the 2016 election because she dared to support Trump for president and wear a MAGA hat around her son. Because of political differences and tribalist thought, a family was broken.
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