Kanye West: "Bush doesn't care about black people"

The actual footage of this is INCREDIBLE.

I have never seen anyone look more uncomfortable than Mike Myers does once Kanye drops the bomb. His face is an absolute picture.

Kanye looks ready to burst into tears at any moment, it's really moving.

I don't think what he said could possibly overshadow what's happened though, if anything it sums up what a hell of a lot of people think.

it was on a televised red cross appeal.

the reports don't really relay the way he said it, he's clearly very very emotional, it's not something that he'd preplanned.

i think he hit on a touchy subject tho, whether true or not.
and to be fair, you dont see eminem crying on stage shouting "they never help out any white families on Extreme makeover home edition"

I found it on google, typed in Kanye + Myers and it was about the third down.

You are right, it was amazing.

<a href="http://media.putfile.com/Kanye79"<This link is the video clip of it. I think he should be applauded for speaking his mind rather than what was flashed at him from a teleprompter. And you're right, Mike Myers face is brilliant as is Chris Tucker's when they cut away.

yeah, Chris Tucker's face is pure "he said it, not me... but i'm glad someone said it"

Does anyone have an up-to-date link to the NY Times article? Would be interested in reading it. If not, anyone any idea as to what the article was saying?

Link to the Kanye footage here:

http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/001133.html

whoops! that one slipped through the net. changed now. here's the link again:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/business/05caption.html.

should work. i'll try to get it going through the article. html is a work of madness.

Read this little truth nugget in the metro today:

"In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war."

Bush: Wadda prick!
West west well within his right.

The fact that NO is/was 67% black does mean something though.

i think its crazy that people black or white are being shot at for taking food. what are they supposed to do, they see a supermarket - leave the change on the counter.

haven't seen the footage yet, but i too have a new found respect for kanye. it's classic how, in the article, they try to defend themselves by saying 'the crew were "instructed to listen for a curse word"'. it's like, 'he's black - he's gonna f_cking swear!'

Damn straight, well done Mr West. *applaudes*

He's a fucking idiot, and he talked the biggest load of bullshit, and it wasn't even delivered well, he was stuttering and shaking to fuck.

That makes me want to buy Kanye West records......it'd be nice if something changed for the better out of this tragedy, but I doubt it will. Notice how the news reports are already talking about fucking oil prices going up...

The most appalling shit can happen, but one thing will always remain constant- the amount of money yankee oil takes home each day....

Sure, Bush may lose popularity over this, but let's face it, america hasn't got the best history of efficient action in the face of adversity. They like to blow things up and create a fuss. So Bush'll be out bu, it's not like there are only twenty more evil, murdering, racist oil barons sons to replace him.....there are probably twenty thousand...we're doomed.

the point is it doesnt matter what bush does now, because he's already been given a second term of office, and legally can't have a third. americans fucked up by putting him back in and they've got another 3 years whether they like it or not.

*had

"Re: Kanye West: "Bush doesn't care about black people"
Posted by since-last-summer on 5th Sep, 22:42 | Reply to this post
Carzy: great eloquence.
grockle: please do buy his records, they're quite splendid."

When the truth is self-evident there is no need for eloquence...

Kanye West may have been prompted by the controversy discussed in the NYTimes article linked to above, where two pictures of survivors wading through the streets with bags of food were descrived rather differently:

(taken from the NYTimes article:)
"The first photo, taken by Dave Martin, an Associated Press photographer in New Orleans, shows a young black man wading through water that has risen to his chest. He is clutching a case of soda and pulling a floating bag. The caption provided by The A.P. says he has just been "looting a grocery store...
...The second photo, also from New Orleans, was taken by Chris Graythen for Getty Images and distributed by Agence France-Presse. It shows a white couple up to their chests in the same murky water. The woman is holding some bags of food. This caption says they are shown "after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store."

It is definitely stuff to make your blood boil. The whole area is f**ked off back into the third world and people are (even if only subliminally) filtering the desperate survivors with shitty stereotyping. Racism + severe shoot to kill policy.... entirely right and proper to make KW's point. It will be much more likely to damage him within an entertainment and radio industry dominated by Bush's mates than help him.

good for kanye west, they should've let him finish. i didn't get to see it...is there some way i can?

Relating to someone's post further up, I just heard on the news that a hurricane striking New Orleans is one of three most likely disasters to happen in the US. The other 2 being an earthquake in California and a terrorist attack in New York. Spooky eh?

yes but it seems silly to hold a fundraiser for a disaster and then have no one discuss the main reasons for that disaster. it's not an " opinion/world view", it's facts on the ground.

"To me West comes across as poorly advised and poorly prepared"

Yup, that's a good thing- he said what he thought, which is kinda rare on telly these days....

Personally I hold more value in someones opinion if I believe they are genuine, rather than saying something 'cos they feel they ought to say it, or 'cos it'll make them popular. Whatever Jesse Jackson says, and however right it is, it's entangled with so much showbiz spiel it has less value than a spontaneous, emotional outburst in my opinion.