kanye west during a live televised benefit for the victims of the hurricane:
"Appearing two-thirds through the program, he claimed 'George Bush doesn't care about black people' and said America is set up 'to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible.'
"Comedian Mike Myers was paired with West for a 90-second segment that began with Myers speaking of Katrina's devastation. Then, to Myers' evident surprise, West began a rant by saying, 'I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food.'"
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he said what we were all thinking, emphasizing that Bush is the most dismissive, neglectful fucker in power. i mean, are we going to punish the people who were too poor to fucking flee to their vaction homes, those who don't have cars? the general mayhem can be expected. come on, bodies floating around, no food, people dying? hell yeah, its about to get crazy up in herrrrrrrre.
i also thought about how oppoutunistic some people are, and of how sad it is to take advantage of the situation by looting. right before i thought about it happening here in LA, and of how many plasmas can fit on a surfboard.
umm. yeah, so donate twenty bucks people- but not to the overly-bureacratic red cross. try worldvision.
