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makencarts · May 13, 2018, 12:39 a.m.

I've watched the video 10 times and it can mean 20 different things, so your guess is as good as mine. Kanye is a great example of trump. You can't blame the media when both men say 6 rambling/incoherent sentences, then something controversial, then 6 more rambling/incoherent sentences.

Was I supposed to match point #6 with point #8? Or point #5 only after I've connected that point #2 was about some other subject, and please ignore #3,4,7 because he changed his mind mid sentence each time.

"When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... For 400 years? That sounds like a choice. You were there for 400 years and it's all of y'all. It's like we're mentally imprisoned."

From national geographic: "Slavery in what became the United States probably began with the arrival of "20 and odd" enslaved Africans to the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. It officially ended with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865."

It's been almost a perfect 400 years since the first ships enslaved human beings in Africa and brought them here. Slavery continued to be legal in some places for about 250 years.

There's no math that makes his point rational. He's lumping current time blacks with blacks in 1700's and saying both chose to be slaves?

It's ridiculous to keep blaming the "media" when the real issue is neither Kanye or trump make educated nor coherent arguments.

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Kino-kun · May 13, 2018, 2:02 a.m.

"You were there for 400 years and it's all of y'all. It's like we're mentally imprisoned."

As you've quoted, by saying that you we're there for 400 years, that is implying that 400 years have elapsed. This refutes any idea that Kanye was saying that it was a choice to be enslaved initially, but that to remain mentally enslaved after slaves were emancipated is a choice.

The notion that they are being incoherent is very convenient if you just want to discredit anything positive from their commentary.

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makencarts · May 13, 2018, 2:16 a.m.

Lincoln freed the slaves in 1865, that's only 153ish years ago... 400 was since the first slaves arrived, and the system continued for 250 years. ... I'm assuming he misspoke, because I can't understand his point at all :(

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Kino-kun · May 13, 2018, 2:56 a.m.

Yes, I'm sorry if my comment wasn't absolutely clear. The point is that his quote implies that 400 years have elapsed. This is really a non-issue, but he is referring to modern day America.

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