Thursday Open Thread | Kanye – Stop With the Ignorance

Kanye says Harriet Tubman is too far in the past and that Michael Jordan should be on the $20 bill. "Certain icons are just … not relatable," he says

— Travis (@travislylesnews) May 1, 2018

Happy to announce that I have just been accepted to Williams Plantation School for Slaves! Thanks to my fellow slaves and my owner who without him I wouldn’t have gotten in!#WPSS2020 #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/yS7QobqsEZ

— Val (@morilloval) May 2, 2018

Me pretending I can’t read after I tell massa my contract said I had at least 8 vacation days and he ask me how I know what the contract say #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/0VVOHKGbE6

— Shahem (@Shahemofficial) May 2, 2018

#IfSlaveryWasAChoice

“Aye you coming to the field to pick cotton”

“Who all there?” pic.twitter.com/EtrCpHvual

— POOPITY SCOOP (@joseph__amiel) May 2, 2018

You glorify those that murdered our mothers & fathers,raped our women, & swelled our numbers with bastards. You @kanyewest embrace those who inhumanly experimented on our bodies to watch the ravage of death for decades in Tuskegee.

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) May 2, 2018

You @kanyewest need to visit the new memorial of the lynching victims, Whitney Plantation of Louisiana, Goreé Island, the Slavery museum of Liverpool and learn about the suffering of this nightmare of human history.

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) May 2, 2018

Apologize to his spirit and the souls of all our ancestors who were denied the life of privilege you lead. When that is done, I pray the world chooses to forget you and the trite, monotony you call music.

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) May 2, 2018

Me seeking my slave advisor to explain career alternatives after 4 years on the plantation #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/hRe0wiXnT2

— Kim WhyNot (@kimblackproud) May 2, 2018

When masa tries to send you back to the field but Harriet shows up #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/W8YwKThDfW

— PowerStarLive (@PowerStarLive) May 2, 2018

The Negro National Anthem. #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/BNCEUIU8Up

— It's Scamming Szn (@connichameleon) May 2, 2018

All you had to do was text STOP to 1863 https://t.co/viQ48pG9QM

— Courtney. (@iDreamOfCece) May 1, 2018

When you a freshman at Slave University and you get assigned to the house #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/nACNQdW4e6

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 2, 2018

Kanye West thinks "slavery was a choice".

He is right. White people chose to enslave black people for generations..#IfSlaveryWasAChoice

— Janice (@Janice_Resist) May 2, 2018

Sigh, #IfSlaveryWasAChoice is trending because Kanye West is a moron.

2018 is… something. pic.twitter.com/oCUeymHWkJ

— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) May 2, 2018

Every. Single. Word. Of. This. @VanLathan, what you said to Kayne may have entered into one ear and out the other with him, but to everyone who heard it, thank you for this powerful truth. Can’t believe I’m just hearing this.pic.twitter.com/d4d5AsaoZO

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) May 2, 2018