Kanye West Doesn't Care About White People

As I'm sure everyone is aware, the ever-colorful asshat Kanye West revealed himself yet again to be a complete moron last night on live television.

The pathetic NBC attempt at a fundraiser, replete with all of 7 stars for a whole hour (the Tsunami telethon was 3 hours, wasn't it?), would have put just about anyone to sleep if it weren't for Kanye West's outburst part way through the sad event.

They had to pull John Goodman out of hiding to be on the show. That tells you how concerned the Hollywood stars are about this issue. And here I thought John Goodman was dead.

At any rate the barely intelligible Kanye West rant, a testament no doubt to his total illiteracy as well as his ignorance, went something like this:


(The scene opens with a solumn Mike Myers and a fidgety Kanye West looking at the teleprompter. Or so we think...)

Mike Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.

Kanye West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!

(An obviously confused or perturbed Mike Myers glances about to make sure they're still on the air before returning to the script)

Mike Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.

Kanye West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!

(Mike Myers, now with big round eyes and in obvious shock, begins to stammer)

Mike Myers: Uh, please call . . .


And.....scene! It was at this point that someone realized what was happening and rapdily cut to an unprepared Chris Tucker backstage who appeared to be rummaging in a refridgerator. Trooper that he is, he picked right up with some more scripted blather.

And I think it is interesting to note that instead of apologizing for the absurdity of the entire affair, instead of a statement that rebuked the outburst, nobody mentioned the event until the very end when Matt Lauer made an excuse for it by claiming that 'emotions are running high'. This was followed by the standard lawyer-composed statement in a press release that the remarks didn't reflect the views of the network.

Frankly, after being home so much lately and being forced by my wife to watch that NBC morning show with Katie Couric, whatever it's called (the one where instead of reporting any real news, they pick out wedding dresses and talk about feelings), I quite honestly think that Kanye West's views DO in fact reflect the views of the network.

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As told by Christo on September 3, 2005 @ 09:19

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