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QUOTE(BlackCelicaGT94 @ Sep 3, 2005 - 3:39 PM) im embarrased for america - can u imagine if terrorists struck 5 cities at once with some fierce attack? we are so unprepared for such disasters!! some lil girl came to the door today collecting money so i gave her 10 bucks! In the word of Kanye West "Bush doesnt care about black people" [right][snapback]330847[/snapback][/right] QUOTE(BlackCelicaGT94 @ Sep 3, 2005 - 11:13 PM) Kanye West at the NBC Concert for Hurricane Katrina Relief Fuller transcript from Tracy and Eric: Kanye West at the NBC Concert for Hurricane Katrina Relief: Mike Meyers reads off prompter … switches to black singer, Kanye West: "I hate the way they portray us in the media. "If you see a black family it says they are looting if you see a white family it says they are looking for food. "And you know that it’s been 5 days because most of the people are black and even for me to complain … I would be a hypocrite because I would turn away from the TV because it’s too hard to watch. I’ve even been shopping before giving a donation and so right now I’m calling my business manager what is the biggest amount I can give. "And just to imagine if I was down there, those are my people down there. So anybody out there who wants to help with the set up, the way that America is set up to help … The poor, the black people, the less well off as slow as possible. I mean, Red Cross is doing everything they can. "We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war now fighting another way and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us." (Mike Meyers tries to get back on prompter, reads from script and then camera cuts back to Kanye. He pauses before Kanye West: "George Bush doesn’t care about black people." Then camera abruptly switches to another black actor [right][snapback]330932[/snapback][/right] QUOTE(WannabeGT4 @ Sep 6, 2005 - 1:26 PM) LOL! Kanye West is the most ignorant person alive. Hurricane Katrina and it's effect on the New Orleans area is simply the largest national disaster that the United States has ever dealt with. It is not solely decided by the president who is sent to help in these situations. Most of it is handled by FEMA. The Director of FEMA is the one that has made the mistakes if anyone has. Does West realize the scope of this disaster? The hurricane was the size of Florida for God's sake. This simple-minded person cannot even begin to comprehend the resources that will be required for the relief efforts. To say that the media portrays blacks in a negative way is dumb. If you see someone coming out of a store with a cart full of electronics when there isn't even any electricity they are going to be labeled as looters. Bags of shoes and clothes are not essential to survival either. It's not the media's fault that they are out there in the middle of the day knowingly robbing stores while cameras catch their every move. New Orleans has a very high African American population which, whether he wants to believe or not, is for the most part poverty stricken. Of course they'll be out there looting. It's like Christmas in the Fukcing ghetto. And before anyone starts in about how they censored his comments from the West coast Re-broadcast and how it's a violation of his free speech (large debate on a local radio station). You have to think about the networks liability. Free speech doesn't even apply to network television. The networks owners and sponsors have final say over what is allowed to be aired. [right][snapback]331465[/snapback][/right] QUOTE(LewFX @ Sep 6, 2005 - 1:51 PM) what wannabe said and then some. People who hate bush dont understand how hard it is to be a president and make the decesions he makes. the debt is high because of the war cost and now its gonna go up more to help out the people from katrina. the government has also given money to other country disaters and other misc stuff that has happned here. Just because it wasnt on the news doesnt mean its not happening. what about the sick ppl raping and beating kids during this. you wanna blame bush for them doing that too? give me a freggin break, if you wanna help out then go there and lend a hand. stop bashing bush and bash yourself for not lending a hand before any of this happened. do you donate your time to help someone else out, if we all helped each other out and stop being mean to others, we actually might be a nice nation. why do you think we have debts in our states and as a country because everyone wants the government to handle it, why wait for the government, you can help out anytime you want but do you? [right][snapback]331468[/snapback][/right] -------------------- ![]() Project ST204.5 99.88946% complete... |
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Along with DmVinny, it's fine if you wanna bash Kanye for his politicking, but if you're gonna bash rap/hip-hop/African Americans in general for his statements, then
![]() I've heard/read countless arguments on Kanye's comments, but the one I've most agreed with is "It aint about racism, it should be "Bush doesn't care about poor people" and to an extent I agree. Hurricanes pass through Florida, Texas, the Southeast, and it's a blip on the news. Shoot even here in L.A., when the rains were comin down hard the past winter, they made sure they got out of those multimillion dollar homes before it collapsed. But this hurricane was so utterly devastating, and considering a majority of NO is poverty, relatively speaking they got hosed. The people who stayed, they stayed because where were they going to go? How were they going to get there? I heard that bus transportation was cut off two days before mandatory evacuation was called. How are the people living in severe poverty gonna get out of the city? With what car? Bus? Fly? NO gets a ![]() Now it would be easy to blame it on Bush, even though I am a liberal/moderate there is way too much blind-Bush bashing from my generation and I can recognize that. But on this one...it's like all of em dropped the ball here. Local, state, federal. Local govt. for not making sure the citizens were safe. State for not making sure the area was stable and for its' crap-assed disaster management. Federal for not assisting fast enough (Come on, G-Dub was still on vacation a week into the hurricane). But let's just say they all effed up. Just my opinion. If you think I'm an idiot, lets argue. I like debate ![]() Food for thought: This kind of thing is what Kanye was talkin about, and he had a point: ![]() |
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