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‘Slavery Is A Choice,’ Kanye West States: Twitter Reacts
This is pushing it, even for Kanye.
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” Kanye West shared on TMZ.
Kanye West is at it again with his crazy antics, but this has just gone too far. Here is the latest from Twitter on this matter.
#IfSlaveryWasAChoice
Our ancestors after working they whole life just to find out from kanye that “slavery was a choice” the whole time. pic.twitter.com/fbYU8xRcwt— Aundre' Raashad 👑 (@AundreRaashad) May 2, 2018
Kanye West says stop talking about slavery, we should put Michael Jordan on the $20 bill instead of Harriet Tubman, and that Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are "not relatable." pic.twitter.com/peLlNp996T
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 2, 2018
General lesson we can take from Donald Trump and Kanye West: If someone repeatedly tells you they're the greatest in the world, there's a good chance they're just self-promoting jackasses.
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) May 2, 2018
Van from @TMZ gave Kanye the business. You have to see this. pic.twitter.com/AMvT1qplIO
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 2, 2018
Someone really needs to stop Kanye from tweeting these fake quotes that never existed. Very Trumpish and it is dangerous because dumb people believe and racist people don't care if it is true or false. Quote has been used by racist people for decades it is entirely made up. https://t.co/0gMEi7YXC0
— Robert Littal (@BSO) May 2, 2018
All you had to do was text STOP to 1863 https://t.co/viQ48pG9QM
— Courtney. (@iDreamOfCece) May 1, 2018
There also seems to be a new trending hashtag called “#SlaveryWasAChoice” poking fun of the comments by West.
*groupme notification*
“hey girl can you get my picking shift in the field this friday?”me: pic.twitter.com/nqXQY53ruj
— xya (@xyarachel) May 2, 2018
“You seen Bessie?”
“Naw, she called in sick AGAIN”#SlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/vcrMMPSXhs— Charles J. Moore (@charles270) May 2, 2018
#SlaveryWasAChoice
Massa: “Get Back Out there and work boy”Me: pic.twitter.com/pfJGmu3meF
— Tyler Does (@tylerchronicles) May 2, 2018
#slaverywasachoice when u been working part time at the cotton plantation for years but u hear that the tobacco plantation is hiring with free room & board included pic.twitter.com/jZsPEy3OEl
— Brandon Jones (@follow_the_jo) May 2, 2018
John Legend out here leaning on that retweet button #SlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/AkFAzg8uOw
— Dionne Grant (@DionneGrant) May 2, 2018
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