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Kanye Westis clearing up hiscontroversial statementabout the 13th Amendment.
The rapper, 41, attempted to clarify his comment one day after captioning aTwitter photoof himself wearing a pro-Donald TrumpMake America Great Again hat, writing, “This represents good and America becoming whole again. We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment. Message sent with love.”
West even doubled down on his remarks,tweeting: “Slavery in disguise, meaning it never ended.”
During an interview withTMZon Monday, West explained his tweet that enraged many fans and followers — including actorChris Evansand singerLana Del Rey— for advocating the abolishment of the 13th Amendment, which outlaws slavery.
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“I’m going to read to you something that my friend GLC from Chicago wrote to me because he puts a lot of energy understanding historical facts,” West said. “In 1865, the 13th amendment stated that no man is destined to slavery or involuntary servitude unless convicted of a crime. This translates to: in order to make a freed man a slave, all you have to do is convict them of a crime.”
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“There’s people getting paid eight cents a week working for companies that are privately owned. A lot of them are first-time offenders, a lot of them are non-violent crimes. And then also we’re not dealing with mental health and therapy because I’m going to say that I stand on the majority of people are imprisoned are there due to a reaction to a situation that they are in,” he said. “A reaction to not having understanding of how to create industry because their dad didn’t have a business so they didn’t know how to make money. Not having access to currently legalized forms of industry. Also being brainwashed to feel like they are taking a side, red or blue. A gang side or this is my block, a block that they don’t even own taking a side.”
Circling back to his explanation of his 13th Amendment remark, West also shared his new proposition.
“There should be a group of super knowledgeable people that come from all cultures that then make the amendments on our Constitution. I didn’t say modern, I didn’t say new. Because that notes a specific time, and time is used to control us and to control our energy. So there needs to be people who look like the people who are being spoken about,” he said.
His interview with TMZ comes days after hislengthy off-air, pro-Trump rant atSaturday Night Live.
The unrehearsed monologue was met with some boos from the audience whilemaking the show’s stars “uncomfortable,”a source recently told PEOPLE.
He continued, “It’s so many times that I talk to a white person about this, and they say, ‘How could you support Trump? He’s racist.’ Well if I was concerned about racism, I would have moved out of America a long time ago. We don’t just make our decisions off of racism. I’ma break it down to you right now: If someone inspires me and I connect with them, I don’t have to believe in all they policies.”
source: people.com
